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孔夫子

孔夫子

Chinese

		hole; (surname)	master
simp. and trad. (孔夫子)		孔	夫子

Proper noun

孔夫子

Confucius

Synonyms

孔子 (Kǒngzǐ)

References

孔子 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Confucius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Japanese

Kanji in this term
孔	夫	子
こう Grade: S	ふう Grade: 4	し Grade: 1
on'yomi

Proper noun

孔夫子 ‎(hiragana こうふうし, romaji Kōfūshi)

Confucius

Synonyms

孔子 (こうし) ‎(Kōshi)

Korean

Hanja in this term
孔	夫	子

Proper noun

孔夫子 • ‎(Gongbuja) ‎(hangeul 공부자)

Hanja form^? of 공부자, “Confucius”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
孔	夫	子

Proper noun

孔夫子

Hán tự form of Khổng Phu Tử, “Confucius”

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Kǒng Fūzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄈㄨㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung² fu¹ zi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Khûng Fû-chṳ́
Min Nan (POJ): Khóng Hu-chú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Kǒng Fūzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄈㄨㄗˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Koong Futzyy
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fu⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung² fu¹ zi²
  - Yale: húng fū jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung² fu¹ dzi²
  - IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ³⁵ fuː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Khûng Fû-chṳ́
  - Hakka Romanization System: kung´ fu´ zii`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kung¹ fu¹ zi³
  - IPA: /kʰuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ fu²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khóng Hu-chú
  - Tâi-lô: Khóng Hu-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qorng huzuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔŋ⁵³ hu⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁵⁵⁴ hu³³ t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁵³ hu⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ⁵³ hu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ⁴¹ hu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/