# 莊子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): zhuāngzi
       (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄤ ˙ㄗ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җуонзы (žuonzɨ, I-II)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zong$^1$ zi$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhuāngzi
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhuangzi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: chuang$^1$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: jwāng-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juang.tzy
*** Palladius: чжуанцзы (čžuanczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җуонзы (žuonzɨ, I-II)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂuɑŋ²⁴ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zong$^1$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: jōng jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzong$^1$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zong$^1$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

#### Noun

莊子
* village; hamlet (Classifier: 座)

##### Synonyms

* 堡子
* 塢／坞 (wù) (literary, or in compounds)
* 屯 (literary, or in compounds)
* 屯落 (túnluò)
* 村塢／村坞 (cūnwù) (literary)
* 村子 (cūnzi)
* 村盤子／村盘子 ('cun$^1$ pon$^2$ zi) (Gan)
* 村莊／村庄 (cūnzhuāng)
* 村落 (cūnluò)
* 社里 (Hokkien)
* 聚 (jù) (literary, or in compounds)
* 聚落 (jùluò)
* 莊／庄 (zhuāng)
* 莊仔／庄仔 (Hakka)
* 莊頭／庄头 (Hakka, Hokkien)
* 農村／农村 (nóngcūn)
* 農莊／农庄 (nóngzhuāng)
* 鄉村／乡村 (xiāngcūn)
* 鄉莊／乡庄 (xiāngzhuāng)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Zhuāngzǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄤ ㄗˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zong$^1$ zi$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Chông-chṳ́
* Eastern Min (BUC): Cŏng-cṳ̄
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Chong-chú / Chong-chír
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Zhuāngzǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤ ㄗˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Jhuangzǐh
*** Wade–Giles: Chuang$^1$-tzŭ$^3$
*** Yale: Jwāng-dž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Juangtzyy
*** Palladius: Чжуанцзы (Čžuanczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zong$^1$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: jōng jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzong$^1$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zong$^1$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chông-chṳ́
*** Hakka Romanization System: zong$^ˊ$ zii$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zong$^1$ zi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡soŋ²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Cŏng-cṳ̄
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡souŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ $^{(t͡s-)}$ʒy³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chong-chú
*** Tâi-lô: Tsong-tsú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zongzuo
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chong-chír
*** Tâi-lô: Tsong-tsír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ³³ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

#### Proper noun

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

##### Descendants

* → Japanese: 荘(そう)子(し) (Sōshi)
* → Korean: 장자(莊子) (Jangja)
* → Vietnamese: Trang Tử (莊子)
Others:
* → Zhuang: Cangqswj

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 莊 | 子 |
| そう Jinmeiyō | し Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 莊子 – see the following entry. :
| 【荘子そうし】 | [proper noun] Zhuangzi |
| 【荘子そうじ】 | [proper noun] Zhuangzi (book) Alternative spelling そうし |
| 【荘子しょうこ】 | [proper noun] a female given name |
(This term, 莊子, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 莊 | 子 |

### Proper noun

莊子 • (Jangja) (hangeul 장자)
* hanja form of 장자 (“Zhuangzi”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 莊 | 子 |

### Proper noun

莊子
* chữ Hán form of Trang Tử (“Zhuangzi”).