Mengzi
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Meng-tzu
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
References
- “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China, Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, LCCN 79-42627, OCLC 781411242, 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
- Mengtsz, Mengtzu (dated)
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.
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Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeŋːzi/, [ˈme̞ŋːzi]
- Rhymes: -eŋːzi
- Syllabification(key): Meng‧zi
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 | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Mengzittä | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Mengzi (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Mengzini | Mengzimme |
| 2nd person | Mengzisi | Mengzinne |
| 3rd person | Mengzinsä | |
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