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zhuangzi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables
Zhuang-zi
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States Period.

name

An ancient Chinese collection of anecdotes and fables, one of the foundational texts of Taoism, traditionally attributed to the philosopher.

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 莊子 /庄子 (Zhuāngzǐ).

Word Breakdown

Subject

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Questions

What does zhuangzi mean?
An influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States Period.
Where does zhuangzi come from?
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 莊子 /庄子 (Zhuāngzǐ).

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