Mengzi

See also: Mèngzǐ, Méngzì, méngzi, and měngzi

English

Alternative forms

• Meng-tzu (Wade–Giles)

Pronunciation

• enPR: mǔngʹdzûʹ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese for 孟子 (Mèngzǐ).

Proper noun

Mengzi

1. The Chinese philosopher Mencius.
2. A collection of anecdotes and conversations of the philosopher by the same name.

Usage notes

Preceded by the definite article (the) when distinguishing the book from the philosopher.

Synonyms

• Mencius

Translations

Chinese philosopher (Mencius)

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 孟子 (maang⁶ zi²)

  Mandarin: 孟子 (zh) (Mèngzǐ)

• French: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 맹자 (Maengja)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese for 蒙自 (Méngzì).

Alternative forms

• Mengtsz, Mengtzu (dated)

Proper noun

Mengzi

1. 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

city in Yunnan, China

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 蒙自 (mung⁴ zi⁶)

  Mandarin: 蒙自 (zh) (Méngzì)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 멍쯔 (Meongjjeu)

Further reading

• 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

Etymology

From Mandarin 孟子 (Mèngzǐ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeŋːzi/, [ˈme̞ŋːzi]
• Rhymes: -eŋːzi
• Syllabification^(key): Meng‧zi

Proper noun

Mengzi

1. Mencius (Chinese philosopher)

Declension

Inflection of Mengzi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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.

Possessive forms of Mengzi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Mengzini — accusative nom. Mengzini — gen. Mengzini genitive Mengzini — partitive Mengziäni — inessive Mengzissäni — elative Mengzistäni — illative Mengziini — adessive Mengzilläni — ablative Mengziltäni — allative Mengzilleni — essive Mengzinäni — translative Mengzikseni — abessive Mengzittäni — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Mengzisi — accusative nom. Mengzisi — gen. Mengzisi genitive Mengzisi — partitive Mengziäsi — inessive Mengzissäsi — elative Mengzistäsi — illative Mengziisi — adessive Mengzilläsi — ablative Mengziltäsi — allative Mengzillesi — essive Mengzinäsi — translative Mengziksesi — abessive Mengzittäsi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Mengzimme — accusative nom. Mengzimme — gen. Mengzimme genitive Mengzimme — partitive Mengziämme — inessive Mengzissämme — elative Mengzistämme — illative Mengziimme — adessive Mengzillämme — ablative Mengziltämme — allative Mengzillemme — essive Mengzinämme — translative Mengziksemme — abessive Mengzittämme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Mengzinne — accusative nom. Mengzinne — gen. Mengzinne genitive Mengzinne — partitive Mengziänne — inessive Mengzissänne — elative Mengzistänne — illative Mengziinne — adessive Mengzillänne — ablative Mengziltänne — allative Mengzillenne — essive Mengzinänne — translative Mengziksenne — abessive Mengzittänne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Mengzinsä — accusative nom. Mengzinsä — gen. Mengzinsä genitive Mengzinsä — partitive Mengziään Mengziänsä — inessive Mengzissään Mengzissänsä — elative Mengzistään Mengzistänsä — illative Mengziinsä — adessive Mengzillään Mengzillänsä — ablative Mengziltään Mengziltänsä — allative Mengzilleen Mengzillensä — essive Mengzinään Mengzinänsä — translative Mengzikseen Mengziksensä — abessive Mengzittään Mengzittänsä — instructive — — comitative — —