莊子

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 pm-1 am; midnight
trad. (莊子)		莊	子
simp. (庄子)		庄	子

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhuāngzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄤ ˙ㄗ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): җуонзы (žuonzь, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zong¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhuāngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤ ˙ㄗ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juang.tzy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: җуонзы (žuonzь, I-II)
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʂuɔn²⁴ t͡sɨː⁵¹/

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

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

Noun

莊子

1. village; hamlet (Classifier: 座)

Synonyms

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屯落 (túnluò) 庄頭／庄头 (Hakka, Min Nan) 村子 (cūnzi) 村莊／村庄 (cūnzhuāng)

村落 (cūnluò) 社里 (Min Nan) 農村／农村 (nóngcūn) 鄉村／乡村 (xiāngcūn)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhuāngzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄤ ㄗˇ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Zhuāngzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤ ㄗˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Juangtzyy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zong¹ zi²
    • Yale: jōng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzong¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zong¹ ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chông-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: zong´ zii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zong¹ zi³
    • IPA: /t͡soŋ²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Cŏng-cṳ̄
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡souŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒy³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream 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)