English Explanatory Dictionary

posthumous name

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A respectful alias used in Chinese or sometimes more broadly East Asian contexts to refer to a dead person, particularly royalty.

Word forms

posthumous name posthumous names
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