Mengzi

See also: Mèngzǐ, Méngzì, méngzi, and měngzi

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

  1. The Chinese philosopher Mencius.
  2. 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.

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References

  1. “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

  1. 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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Further reading

Finnish

Etymology

From Mandarin 孟子 (Mèngzǐ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeŋːzi/, [ˈme̞ŋːzi]
  • Rhymes: -eŋːzi
  • Syllabification(key): Meng‧zi

Proper noun

Mengzi

  1. Mencius (Chinese philosopher)

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 —
abessive Mengzittä —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Mengzi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Mengzini —
accusative nom. Mengzini —
gen. Mengzini
genitive Mengzini —
partitive Mengziäni —
inessive Mengzissäni —
elative Mengzistäni —
illative Mengziini —
adessive Mengzilläni —
ablative Mengziltäni —
allative Mengzilleni —
essive Mengzinäni —
translative Mengzikseni —
abessive Mengzittäni —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Mengzisi —
accusative nom. Mengzisi —
gen. Mengzisi
genitive Mengzisi —
partitive Mengziäsi —
inessive Mengzissäsi —
elative Mengzistäsi —
illative Mengziisi —
adessive Mengzilläsi —
ablative Mengziltäsi —
allative Mengzillesi —
essive Mengzinäsi —
translative Mengziksesi —
abessive Mengzittäsi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Mengzimme —
accusative nom. Mengzimme —
gen. Mengzimme
genitive Mengzimme —
partitive Mengziämme —
inessive Mengzissämme —
elative Mengzistämme —
illative Mengziimme —
adessive Mengzillämme —
ablative Mengziltämme —
allative Mengzillemme —
essive Mengzinämme —
translative Mengziksemme —
abessive Mengzittämme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Mengzinne —
accusative nom. Mengzinne —
gen. Mengzinne
genitive Mengzinne —
partitive Mengziänne —
inessive Mengzissänne —
elative Mengzistänne —
illative Mengziinne —
adessive Mengzillänne —
ablative Mengziltänne —
allative Mengzillenne —
essive Mengzinänne —
translative Mengziksenne —
abessive Mengzittänne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Mengzinsä —
accusative nom. Mengzinsä —
gen. Mengzinsä
genitive Mengzinsä —
partitive Mengziään
Mengziänsä
—
inessive Mengzissään
Mengzissänsä
—
elative Mengzistään
Mengzistänsä
—
illative Mengziinsä —
adessive Mengzillään
Mengzillänsä
—
ablative Mengziltään
Mengziltänsä
—
allative Mengzilleen
Mengzillensä
—
essive Mengzinään
Mengzinänsä
—
translative Mengzikseen
Mengziksensä
—
abessive Mengzittään
Mengzittänsä
—
instructive — —
comitative — —
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