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English
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of Mandarin 莊子／庄子 (Zhuāngzǐ).
Proper noun
Zhuangzi
- An influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States Period.
- An ancient Chinese collection of anecdotes and fables, one of the foundational texts of Taoism, traditionally attributed to the philosopher.
Translations
influential Chinese philosopher
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 莊子／庄子 (zong1 zi2)
- Hakka: 莊子／庄子 (Chông-chṳ́)
- Mandarin: 莊子／庄子 (zh) (Zhuāngzǐ)
- Japanese: 荘子 (そうし, Sōshi), 荘周 (そうしゅう, Sōshū)
- Korean: 장자(莊子) (ko) (jangja)
- Uyghur: جۇاڭزى (juangzi)
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References
- ^ “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China, Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 478: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, […] Chuang-tzu (Zhuangzi) 莊子”
Further reading
- “Zhuangzi”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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