戊戌政变 in English Wu4 xu1 Zheng4 bian4 Meaning

Meanings

  • coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] ending the 1898 attempt to reform the Qing dynasty

Simplified Characters

戊 戌 政 变

Traditional Characters

戊 戌 政 變

Pinyin

Wu4 xu1 Zheng4 bian4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

戊wu4fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] 戌xu1see 屈戌兒|屈戌儿[qu1 qu5 er5] 政zheng4political 变bian4to change