Mengzi

See also: Mèngzǐ, Méngzì, méngzi, and měngzi

English

Alternative forms

• Meng-tzu (Wade–Giles)

Pronunciation

• enPR: mǔngʹdzûʹ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin 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.

Synonyms

• Mencius

Translations

Chinese philosopher (Mencius)

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 孟子 (maang⁶ zi²)

  Mandarin: 孟子 (zh) (Mèngzǐ)

• French: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 맹자 (Maengja)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese for 蒙自 (Méngzì).

Alternative forms

• Mengtsz, Mengtzu (dated)

Proper noun

Mengzi

1. A county-level city in Honghe, in southeastern Yunnan, China.
   • [1975, “A Peasant Night School of Fine Arts”, in Chinese Literature [中国文学], number 5, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 90:

     Since the Peasant Night School of Fine Arts in Hsinan Commune of Mengtzu County in Yunnan Province was set up in 1972, its students have created more than two hundred works of art and held four exhibitions of traditional Chinese paintings, New-Year pictures, scissor-cuts, wood carvings and clay sculptures.]

   • 2022 April 23, “World Book Day marked across China”, in huaxia, editor, Xinhua News Agency‎^[2], archived from the original on 23 April 2022‎^[3]:

     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.

   • 2024 June 22, Peter Neville-Hadley, “‘A piece of China mislaid’: in Mengzi, Yunnan, charming traces of its time as treaty port”, in South China Morning Post‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 June 2024, Travel‎^[5]:

     “Yunnan is a forgotten province, a piece of China mislaid by the world,” wrote the British novelist Stella Benson when she was living in Mengzi, not far from the Vietnamese border, in the 1920s.

Translations

city in Yunnan, China

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 蒙自 (mung⁴ zi⁶)

  Mandarin: 蒙自 (zh) (Méngzì)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 멍쯔 (Meongjjeu)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Mengzi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1951, column 1

Finnish

Etymology

From Mandarin 孟子 (Mèngzǐ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeŋːzi/, [ˈme̞ŋːzi]
• Rhymes: -eŋːzi
• Hyphenation^(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 — —