荀子

Chinese

		surname	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (荀子)		荀	子
simp. ^#(荀子)		荀	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xúnzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seon¹ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xúnzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Syúnzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: Hsün²-tzŭ³
  - Yale: Syún-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyuntzyy
  - Palladius: Сюньцзы (Sjunʹczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seon¹ zi²
  - Yale: sēun jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen¹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sên¹ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Proper noun

荀子

Xunzi (Confucian philosopher, c. 310 – c. 235 BC, or c. 314 – c. 217 B.C.)
Xunzi (ancient Chinese collection of philosophical writings attributed to said philosopher)

Derived terms

荀子學 / 荀子学 (Xúnzǐxué)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (荀子):

→ Japanese: 荀(じゅん)子(し) (junshi)
→ Korean: 순자(荀子) (sunja)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
荀	子
じゅん Hyōgai	し Grade: 1
kan'yōon	on'yomi

Etymology

Chinese 荀子 (Xúnzǐ)

Proper noun

荀(じゅん)子(し) • (Junshi)

See also

諸(しょ)子(し)百(ひゃっ)家(か) (Shoshi Hyakka)