莊子

See also: 荘子

Chinese

		farm; village	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (莊子)		莊	子
simp. (庄子)		庄	子

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhuāngzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄤ ˙ㄗ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җуонзы (žuonzɨ, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zong¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuāngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuangzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: chuang¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: jwāng-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juang.tzy
    • Palladius: чжуанцзы (čžuanczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җуонзы (žuonzɨ, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂuɑŋ²⁴ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zong¹ zi²
    • Yale: jōng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzong¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zong¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

莊子

1. village; hamlet (Classifier: 座)

Synonyms

• 堡子
• 塢／坞 (wù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 屯 (literary, or in compounds)
• 屯落 (túnluò)
• 村塢／村坞 (cūnwù) (literary)
• 村子 (cūnzi)
• 村盤子／村盘子 ('cun¹ pon² zi) (Gan)
• 村莊／村庄 (cūnzhuāng)
• 村落 (cūnluò)
• 社里 (Hokkien)
• 聚 (jù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 聚落 (jùluò)
• 莊／庄 (zhuāng)
• 莊仔／庄仔 (Hakka)
• 莊頭／庄头 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 農村／农村 (nóngcūn)
• 農莊／农庄 (nóngzhuāng)
• 鄉村／乡村 (xiāngcūn)
• 鄉莊／乡庄 (xiāngzhuāng)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhuāngzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄤ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zong¹ zi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Chông-chṳ́
• Eastern Min (BUC): Cŏng-cṳ̄
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Chong-chú / Chong-chír

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhuāngzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhuangzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: Chuang¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: Jwāng-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Juangtzyy
    • Palladius: Чжуанцзы (Čžuanczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zong¹ zi²
    • Yale: jōng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzong¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zong¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chông-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: zong´ zii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zong¹ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡soŋ²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Cŏng-cṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡souŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒy³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chong-chú
    • Tâi-lô: Tsong-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zongzuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chong-chír
    • Tâi-lô: Tsong-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ³³ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

Proper noun

莊子

1. Zhuangzi (ancient Chinese collection of anecdotes and fables and one of the foundational texts of Daoism)
2. Zhuangzi (philosopher and traditional author of the above work)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (莊子):

• → Japanese: 荘(そう)子(し) (sōshi)
• → Korean: 장자(莊子) (jangja)

Others:

• → Zhuang: Cangqswj

Japanese

Kanji in this term
莊	子
そう Jinmeiyō	し Grade: 1
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 莊子 – see the following entry.

【荘子そうし】 [proper noun] Zhuangzi 【荘子そうじ】 [proper noun] Zhuangzi (book) Alternative spelling そうし 【荘子しょうこ】 [proper noun] a female given name

(This term, 莊子, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
莊	子

Noun

莊子 • (jangja) (hangeul 장자)

1. Hanja form^? of 장자.