太宗

Tàizōng

proper noun

Meanings

HSK 2

太宗在位二十三年，年号贞观。

Tàizōng zàiwèi èrshísān nián, niánhào Zhēnguān.

Taizong reigned for twenty-three years under the era name Zhenguan.

HSK 7-9

唐朝的第二个皇帝李世民，庙号太宗。

Tángcháo de dì'èr gè huángdì Lǐ Shìmín, miàohào Tàizōng.

Li Shimin, the second emperor of the Tang, had the temple name Taizong.

usage

A founder was usually 太祖 or 高祖, and the ruler after him 太宗: 唐太宗李世民, 宋太宗赵光义. In the history of one dynasty, plain 太宗 means that dynasty's Taizong.

太 tài

宗 zōng