孔夫子

孔夫子

Chinese

		hole; surname	master; The Master: Confucius
simp. and trad. (孔夫子)		孔	夫子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kǒng Fūzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄈㄨ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung² fu¹ zi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Khûng Fû-chṳ́
• Min Nan (POJ): Khóng Hu-chír / Khóng Hu-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Kǒng Fūzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄈㄨ ㄗˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Koong Futzyy
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fu⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung² fu¹ zi²
    • Yale: húng fū jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung² fu¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung² fu¹ ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ³⁵ fuː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Khûng Fû-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: kung´ fu´ zii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kung¹ fu¹ zi³
    • IPA: /kʰuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ fu²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khóng Hu-chír
    • Tâi-lô: Khóng Hu-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu³³ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khóng Hu-chú
    • Tâi-lô: Khóng Hu-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qorng huzuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/

Proper noun

孔夫子

1. (honorific) Confucius

Synonyms

• 孔子 (Kǒngzǐ)

Derived terms

孔夫子門前賣文章／孔夫子门前卖文章

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (孔夫子):

• → Japanese: 孔 (こう)夫 (ふう)子 (し) (Kōfūshi)
• → Korean: 공부자 (孔夫子, Gongbuja)
• → Vietnamese: Khổng Phu Tử (孔夫子)

Others:

• → Finnish: Kungfutse, Konfutse
• → Latin: Confucius
  • → English: Confucius
  • French: Confucius
  • → German: Konfuzius
  • Italian: Confucio
  • Portuguese: Confúcio
  • Spanish: Confucio
• → Indonesian: Konghucu, Khonghucu, Kong Hu Cu, Khong Hu Cu

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
孔	夫	子
こう Grade: S	ふう Grade: 4	し Grade: 1
kan’on	kan’yōon	on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 孔夫子.

Proper noun

孔夫子 (hiragana こうふうし, rōmaji Kō Fūshi)

1. Synonym of 孔子 (Kōshi, “Confucius”)

See also

• 夫 (ふ)子 (し) (fushi)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
孔	夫	子

Proper noun

孔夫子 • (Gongbuja) (hangeul 공부자)

1. Hanja form^? of 공부자 (“Confucius”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
孔	夫	子

Proper noun

孔夫子

1. Hán tự form of Khổng Phu Tử (“Confucius”).