| 孔夫子 |
Kǒng fū zǐ |
Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔子 |
| 孔 |
Kǒng |
surname Kong |
| 孔 |
kǒng |
hole / CL:个 / classifier for cave dwellings |
| 夫 |
fū |
husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old) |
| 夫 |
fú |
(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion) |
| 夫子 |
fū zǐ |
Master (old form of address for teachers, scholars) / (used sarcastically) pedant |
| 子 |
zǐ |
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi |
noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair" |