莊子

See also: 荘子

Chinese

		farm; village	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (莊子)		莊	子
simp. (庄子)		庄	子

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhuāngzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄤ ˙ㄗ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җуонзы (žuonzɨ, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zong¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuāngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuangzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: chuang¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: jwāng-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juang.tzy
    • Palladius: чжуанцзы (čžuanczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җуонзы (žuonzɨ, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂuɑŋ²⁴ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zong¹ zi²
    • Yale: jōng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzong¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zong¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

莊子

1. village; hamlet (Classifier: 座)

Synonyms

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• 堡子
• 塢 / 坞 (wù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 屯 (literary, or in compounds)
• 屯落 (túnluò)
• 村塢 / 村坞 (cūnwù) (literary)
• 村子 (cūnzi)
• 村盤子 / 村盘子 ('cun¹ pon² zi) (Gan)
• 村莊 / 村庄 (cūnzhuāng)
• 村落 (cūnluò)
• 社里 (Hokkien)
• 聚 (jù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 聚落 (jùluò)
• 莊 / 庄 (zhuāng)
• 莊仔 / 庄仔 (Hakka)
• 莊頭 / 庄头 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 農村 / 农村 (nóngcūn)
• 農莊 / 农庄 (nóngzhuāng)
• 鄉村 / 乡村 (xiāngcūn)
• 鄉莊 / 乡庄 (xiāngzhuāng)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhuāngzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄤ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zong¹ zi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Chông-chṳ́
• Eastern Min (BUC): Cŏng-cṳ̄
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Chong-chú / Chong-chír

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhuāngzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhuangzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: Chuang¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: Jwāng-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Juangtzyy
    • Palladius: Чжуанцзы (Čžuanczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zong¹ zi²
    • Yale: jōng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzong¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zong¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chông-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: zong^ˊ zii^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zong¹ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡soŋ²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Cŏng-cṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡souŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒy³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chong-chú
    • Tâi-lô: Tsong-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zongzuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chong-chír
    • Tâi-lô: Tsong-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ³³ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrjang tsiX

Rime
Character	莊	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	側羊切	即里切
Baxter	tsrjang	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃɨɐŋ/	/t͡sɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂiɐŋ/	/t͡sɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃiɑŋ/	/t͡sieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂɨaŋ/	/t͡sɨX/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃiaŋ/	/t͡siəX/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃĭaŋ/	/t͡sĭəX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂi̯aŋ/	/t͡siX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuāng	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zong1	zi2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]raŋ  [ts]əʔ|tsəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsraŋ  ʔslɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	莊	子	子
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhuāng	zǐ	zǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ tsrjang ›	‹ tsiX ›	‹ tsiX ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]raŋ/	/*[ts]əʔ/	/*tsəʔ/
English	dignified, grave	1st earthly branch	child; gentleman, master
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莊	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	10305	17857
Phonetic component	爿	子
Rime group	陽	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	莊	子
Old Chinese	/*ʔsraŋ/	/*ʔslɯʔ/

Proper noun

莊子

1. Zhuangzi (an influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States Period)
2. Zhuangzi (an ancient Chinese collection of anecdotes and fables, one of the foundational texts of Taoism, traditionally attributed to the philosopher)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (莊子):

• → Japanese: 荘(そう)子(し) (Sōshi)
• → Korean: 장자(莊子) (Jangja)
• → Vietnamese: Trang Tử (莊子)

Others:

• → Zhuang: Cangqswj

Japanese

Kanji in this term
莊	子
そう Jinmeiyō	し Grade: 1
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 莊子 – see the following entry.

【荘子そうし】 [proper noun] Zhuangzi (an influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States Period) 【荘子そうじ】 [proper noun] Zhuangzi (an ancient Chinese collection of anecdotes and fables, one of the foundational texts of Taoism, traditionally attributed to the philosopher) Alternative spelling そうし 【荘子しょうこ】 [proper noun] a female given name

(This term, 莊子, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
莊	子

Proper noun

莊子 • (Jangja) (hangeul 장자)

1. hanja form^? of 장자 (“Zhuangzi”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
莊	子

Proper noun

莊子

1. chữ Hán form of Trang Tử (“Zhuangzi”).