# 孔夫子
## Chinese

* 孔夫子 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Confucius (English)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Kǒng Fūzǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄈㄨ ㄗˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hung$^2$ fu$^1$ zi$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Khûng Fû-chṳ́
* Eastern Min (BUC): Kūng Hŭ-cṳ̄
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): Khóng Hu-chír / Khóng Hu-chú
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kong$^2$ hu$^1$ ze$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Kǒng Fūzǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄈㄨ ㄗˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Kǒng Fuzǐh
*** Wade–Giles: Kʻung$^3$ Fu$^1$-tzŭ$^3$
*** Yale: Kǔng Fū-dž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Koong Futzyy
*** Palladius: Кун Фуцзы (Kun Fuczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hung$^2$ fu$^1$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: húng fū jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hung$^2$ fu$^1$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hung$^2$ fu$^1$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hʊŋ³⁵ fuː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Khûng Fû-chṳ́
*** Hakka Romanization System: kung$^ˊ$ fu$^ˊ$ zii$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kung$^1$ fu$^1$ zi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ fu²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Kūng Hŭ-cṳ̄
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰuŋ³³ hu⁵⁵⁻⁵³ $^{(t͡s-)}$ʒy³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khóng Hu-chír
*** Tâi-lô: Khóng Hu-tsír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu³³ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khóng Hu-chú
*** Tâi-lô: Khóng Hu-tsú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qorng huzuo
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: kong$^2$ hu$^1$ ze$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khóng hu tsṳ́
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰoŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ hu³³⁻²³ t͡sɯ⁵²/

### Proper noun

孔夫子
* (honorific) Confucius

#### Synonyms

* 仲尼 (Zhòngní)
* 先師 / 先师 (xiānshī)
* 先聖 / 先圣 (xiānshèng)
* 夫子 (fūzǐ)
* 孔 (kǒng)
* 孔丘 (Kǒng Qiū)
* 孔子 (Kǒngzǐ)
* 孔子公 (Hokkien)
* 素王 (sùwáng)

#### Derived terms

* 孔夫子搬家——淨是書 / 孔夫子搬家——净是书 (kǒngfūzǐ bānjiā, jìng shì shū)
* 孔夫子門前賣文章 / 孔夫子门前卖文章

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 孔(こう)夫(ふう)子(し) (Kōfūshi)
* → Korean: 공부자(孔夫子) (Gongbuja)
* → Vietnamese: Khổng Phu Tử (孔夫子)
Others:
* → Classical Mongolian: ᠺᠦ᠋ᠩᠹᠦᠽᠢ (küngfüzi)
** Mongolian: ᠺᠦ᠋ᠩᠹᠦᠽᠢ (küngfüzi), Күнфүз (Künfüz)
* → Finnish: Kungfutse, Konfutse
* → Indonesian: Konghucu, Khonghucu, Kong Hu Cu, Khong Hu Cu
* → Latin: Confucius
** → English: Confucius
** → French: Confucius
** → German: Konfuzius
** → Italian: Confucio
** → Portuguese: Confúcio
** ⇒ Russian: Конфуцій (Konfucij), Конфуций (Konfucij)
** → Spanish: Confucio
* → Manchu: ᡴᡠᠩᡶ᠋ᡠᡯ (kungfudz)
* → Tibetan: ཁུང་ཧྥུ་ཙི (khung hphu tsi)

## Japanese

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

### Etymology

From Chinese 孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ).

### Proper noun

孔(こう)夫(ふう)子(し) • (Kō Fūshi)
* Synonym of 孔子 (Kōshi, “Confucius”)

### See also

* 夫(ふう)子(し) (fūshi)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 孔 | 夫 | 子 |

### Proper noun

孔夫子 • (Gongbuja) (hangeul 공부자)
* hanja form of 공부자 (“Confucius”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 孔 | 夫 | 子 |

### Proper noun

孔夫子
* chữ Hán form of Khổng Phu Tử (“Confucius”).