孟子

Chinese
first month; eldest brother; surname
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad.
(孟子)		 孟 子

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 孟 子
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 庚 (109) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II III
Fanqie 莫更切 即里切
Baxter maengH tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /mˠæŋH/ /t͡sɨX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /mᵚaŋH/ /t͡sɨX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /maŋH/ /t͡sieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /maɨjŋH/ /t͡sɨX/
Li
Rong		 /mɐŋH/ /t͡siəX/
Wang
Li		 /mɐŋH/ /t͡sĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /mɐŋH/ /t͡siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 mèng zǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 mang6 zi2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 孟 子
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 mèng zǐ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ mængH › ‹ tsiX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*mˁraŋ-s/ /*tsəʔ/
English eldest, great 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 孟 子
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 9152 17857
Phonetic
component		 皿 子
Rime
group		 陽 之
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 孟 子
Old
Chinese		 /*mraːŋs/ /*ʔslɯʔ/

Proper noun

孟子

  1. Mencius (a Chinese philosopher, one of the principal thinkers of Confucianism)
    我欲中國而授孟子室。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    我欲中国而授孟子室。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Wǒ yù zhōngguó ér shòu Mèngzǐ shì. [Pinyin]
    I wish to give Mencius a house, somewhere in the middle of the kingdom.
  2. Mencius (one of the Four Books (四書／四书 (Sìshū)) of Confucianism)

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (孟子):
  • → Classical Mongolian: ᠮᠧᠩᠽᠢ (mēŋzi)
    • Mongolian: ᠮᠧᠩᠽᠢ (mēŋzi), Мэнз (Menz)
  • → English: Mengzi
  • → Latin: Mencius
  • → Manchu: ᠮᡝᠩᡯ (mengdz)
  • → Tibetan: མེང་ཙི (meng tsi)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
孟 子
もう
Jinmeiyō		 し
Grade: 1
goon

Etymology

From Chinese 孟子 (Mèngzǐ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mo̞ːɕi]

Proper noun

孟(もう)子(し) • (Mōshi) ←まうし (mausi)?

  1. Mencius (Chinese philosopher)
  2. Mencius (one of the Four Books)

See also

Korean
Hanja in this term
孟子

Proper noun

孟子 • (Maengja) (hangeul 맹자)

  1. Hanja form? of 맹자 (“Mencius, a Chinese philosopher, one of the principal interpreters of Confucianism”).
  2. Hanja form? of 맹자 (“Mencius (one of the Four Books (四書) of Confucianism)”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
孟子

Proper noun

孟子

  1. chữ Hán form of Mạnh Tử (“Mencius, a Chinese philosopher, one of the principal interpreters of Confucianism”).
  2. chữ Hán form of Mạnh Tử (“Mencius (one of the Four Books (四書) of Confucianism)”).
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