Pu-yi

[ poo-yee ]

noun

1. Henry, 1906–67, as Hsüan T'ung, last emperor of China 1908–12; as K'ang Tê, puppet emperor of Manchukuo 1934–45.

Pu-yi

/ ˈpuːˈjiː /

noun

1. Pu-yiHenry19061967MChinesePOLITICS: hereditary ruler Henry. 1906–67, last emperor of China as Xuan-Tong (1908–12); emperor of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo as Kang-de (1934–45)

Example Sentences

Dress him how you might, meet him where you would, there was no possibility of mistaking Pu-Yi for anything but a gentleman of high degree.

From Project Gutenberg

We hurried along by the side of a great green lawn which might have been a century growing, past bronze dragons supporting fountain basins, down an arcade, where the broad leaves of palms clicked together and there was a scent of roses, until we hurried through a little postern door and up some steps and came out in what Pu-Yi whispered was the library.

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Good old Pu-Yi came for me about two o'clock this morning, Sir Thomas, and told me all that had happened.

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Pu-Yi raised a thin arm over his head and it seemed to clutch crookedly at the somber panoply aloft.

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It was the way by which dear old Pu-Yi had hoped to descend and raise the alarm.

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