Mengzi
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English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- enPR: mǔngʹdzûʹ
Etymology 1
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin Chinese for 孟子 (Mèngzǐ).
Proper noun
Mengzi
- The Chinese philosopher Mencius.
- 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
Translations
Chinese philosopher (Mencius)
References
- ^ “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China, 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
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese for 蒙自 (Méngzì).
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Mengzi
- 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, archived from the original on 23 April 2022:
- 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
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Mengzi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1951, column 1
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mengzi
- Mencius (Chinese philosopher)
Declension
| Inflection 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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