| 慈 |
Cí xǐ tài hòu | Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908 |
| 慈 |
cí | compassionate / gentle / merciful / kind / humane |
| 慈 |
Cí Xǐ | Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (reigned 1861-1908) |
| 禧 |
xǐ | joy |
| 太 |
tài | highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely |
| 太 |
tài hòu | Empress Dowager |
| 后 |
Hòu | surname Hou |
| 后 |
hòu | empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler |
| 后 |
hòu | back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post- |