孟子

Chinese

		first month; eldest brother; surname	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (孟子)		孟	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mèngzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˋ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maang⁶ zi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Men-chṳ́
• Eastern Min (BUC): Mâing-cṳ̄
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bēng-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mèngzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˋ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mèngzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: Mêng⁴-tzŭ³
    • Yale: Mèng-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Menqtzyy
    • Palladius: Мэнцзы (Mɛnczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maang⁶ zi²
    • Yale: maahng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maang⁶ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mang⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːŋ²² t͡siː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Men-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: men zii^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: men⁴ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /men⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Mâing-cṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛiŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒy³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bēng-chú
    • Tâi-lô: Bīng-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bexngzuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡su⁴¹/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 孟子

1. Mencius (a Chinese philosopher, one of the principal interpreters of Confucianism)
2. Mencius (one of the Four Books (四書／四书 (Sìshū)) of Confucianism)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (孟子):

• → Japanese: 孟(もう)子(し) (Mōshi)
• → Korean: 맹자(孟子) (Maengja)
• → Vietnamese: Mạnh Tử (孟子)

• → Classical Mongolian: ᠮᠧᠩᠽᠢ (mēngzi)
  • Mongolian: ᠮᠧᠩᠽᠢ (mēngzi), Мэнз (Menz)
• → English: Mengzi
• → Latin: Mencius
  • → English: Mencius
    • → Chinese: 門修斯 (Ménxiūsī)
• → Manchu: ᠮᡝᠩᡯ (mengdz)
• → Tibetan: མེང་ཙི (meng tsi)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
孟	子
もう Jinmeiyō	し Grade: 1
goon

Etymology

From Chinese 孟子 (Mèngzǐ).

Proper noun

孟(もう)子(し) • (Mōshi) ^{←まうし (Mausi)?}

1. Mencius (Chinese philosopher)
2. Mencius (one of the Four Books)

See also

• 孔(こう)子(し) (Kōshi)
• 四(し)書(しょ) (Shisho)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
孟	子

Proper noun

孟子 • (Maengja) (hangeul 맹자)

1. hanja form^? of 맹자 (“Mencius, a Chinese philosopher, one of the principal interpreters of Confucianism”)
2. hanja form^? of 맹자 (“Mencius (one of the Four Books (四書) of Confucianism)”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
孟	子

Proper noun

孟子

1. chữ Hán form of Mạnh Tử (“Mencius, a Chinese philosopher, one of the principal interpreters of Confucianism”).
2. chữ Hán form of Mạnh Tử (“Mencius (one of the Four Books (四書) of Confucianism)”).