Pu-yi

American  

[poo-yee] / ˈpuˈyi /

Also P'u-i

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.

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Pu-yi British  

/ ˈpuːˈjiː /

noun

1. 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)

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Example Sentences

Sir Thomas," he said in a whisper, "this is Pu-Yi himself, Mr. Morse's Chinese secretary, a man utterly different from the others we have seen here yet.

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Now," he said, "I'm going upstairs to wake Pu-Yi and bring him down to you.

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I am as far beneath a man like Pu-Yi as Sir Thomas Kirby is above Stanley Whistlecraft, so I cannot be present at your interview.

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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.

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My honorable name, honorable sir, is Pu-Yi, which will convey nothing to you.

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