孔夫子

Chinese

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

Etymology

From 孔 (Kǒng) +‎ 夫子 (fūzǐ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kǒng Fūzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄈㄨ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung² fu¹ zi²
• 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): kong² hu¹ ze²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Kǒng Fūzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄈㄨ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Kǒng Fuzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: Kʻung³ Fu¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: Kǔng Fū-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Koong Futzyy
    • Palladius: Кун Фуцзы (Kun Fuczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵⁵ t͡sɹ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung² fu¹ zi²
    • Yale: húng fū jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung² fu¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung² fu¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /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: kung¹ fu¹ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ fu²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Kūng Hŭ-cṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuŋ³³ hu⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒy³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khóng Hu-chír
    • Tâi-lô: Khóng Hu-tsír
    • Sinological 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
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kong² hu¹ ze²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khóng hu tsṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ hu³³⁻²³ t͡sɯ⁵²/

Proper noun

孔夫子

1. (honorific) Confucius

Synonyms

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• 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)
• (derogatory, Cultural Revolution) 孔老二 (Kǒnglǎo'èr)
• 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

Sino-Xenic (孔夫子):

• → 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, Cōnfūçius, Cōnfūtius
  • → Translingual: Confuciusornis (learned)
  • → English: Confucius (learned)
  • → French: Confucius (learned)
  • → German: Konfuzius (learned)
  • → Italian: Confucio (learned)
  • → Portuguese: Confúcio (learned)
  • ⇒ Russian: Конфуцій (Konfucij), Конфуций (Konfucij)
  • → Spanish: Confucio (learned)
• → 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) 

1. 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)

1. hanja form^? of 공부자 (“Confucius”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
孔	夫	子

Proper noun

孔夫子

1. chữ Hán form of Khổng Phu Tử (“Confucius”)