Mạnh Tử

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 孟子, from Chinese 孟子. See also 孟母 (Mạnh mẫu, “Mencius's mother”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [majŋ̟˧˨ʔ tɨ˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [mɛɲ˨˩ʔ tɨ˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [man˨˩˨ tɨ˨˩˦]

Proper noun

Mạnh Tử (孟子)

Mencius, a Chinese philosopher, one of the principal interpreters of Confucianism
Mẹ Mạnh Tử nuôi dạy con bằng cách dời nhà ba lần.
Mencius's mother moved thrice during the course of his upbringing.
Mencius (one of the Four Books of Confucianism)

See also

Khổng Tử

The Four Books

Đại Học (大學): the Great Learning
Trung Dung (中庸): the Doctrine of the Mean
Luận Ngữ (論語): the Analects of Confucius
Mạnh Tử (孟子): Mencius

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