諸子

諸子

Chinese

		all; many; various	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
trad. (諸子)		諸	子
simp. (诸子)		诸	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhūzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhūzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chu¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: jū-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jutzyy
    • Palladius: чжуцзы (čžuczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu¹ zi²
    • Yale: jyū jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃyː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

諸子

1. (historical, philosophy) pre-Qin philosophers

   諸子散文／诸子散文  ―  zhūzǐ sǎnwén  ―  prose of pre-Qin philosophers

2. (literary) all children
3. (literary) all gentlemen; everyone

Derived terms

諸子百家／诸子百家 (Zhūzǐ Bǎijiā)