Trang Tử

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 莊子.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaːŋ˧˧ tɨ˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈaːŋ˧˧ tɨ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʈaːŋ˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦]

Proper noun

Trang Tử

1. Zhuangzi (an influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States Period)
2. Zhuangzi (an ancient Chinese collection of anecdotes and fables, one of the foundational texts of Taoism, traditionally attributed to the philosopher)

   Synonym: Nam Hoa kinh (南華經)