Mengzi
English
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
edit- enPR: mǔngʹdzûʹ
Etymology 1
editBorrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin Chinese for 孟子 (Mèngzǐ).
Proper noun
editMengzi
- The Chinese philosopher Mencius.
- A collection of anecdotes and conversations of the philosopher by the same name.
Usage notes
editPreceded by the definite article (the) when distinguishing the book from the philosopher.
Synonyms
editTranslations
editChinese philosopher (Mencius)
References
edit- ^ “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China[1], Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 482: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, […] Meng-tzu (Mengzi) 孟子”
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese for 蒙自 (Méngzì).
Alternative forms
editProper noun
editMengzi
- A county-level city in Honghe, in southeastern Yunnan, China.
- 2022 April 23, “World Book Day marked across China”, in huaxia, editor, Xinhua News Agency[2], archived from the original on 23 April 2022[3]:
- People read at a library on World Book Day in Mengzi, Hani-Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Honghe in southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 23, 2022.
Translations
editcity in Yunnan, China
Further reading
edit- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Mengzi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[4], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1951, column 1
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editMengzi
- Mencius (Chinese philosopher)
Declension
editInflection of Mengzi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Mengzi | — | |
genitive | Mengzin | — | |
partitive | Mengziä | — | |
illative | Mengziin | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Mengzi | — | |
accusative | nom. | Mengzi | — |
gen. | Mengzin | ||
genitive | Mengzin | — | |
partitive | Mengziä | — | |
inessive | Mengzissä | — | |
elative | Mengzistä | — | |
illative | Mengziin | — | |
adessive | Mengzillä | — | |
ablative | Mengziltä | — | |
allative | Mengzille | — | |
essive | Mengzinä | — | |
translative | Mengziksi | — | |
abessive | Mengzittä | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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