孔hung2子zi2

English

1. Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
2. Confucius; Kongzi

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 歷史人物；春秋時代嘅思想家同教育家（公元前551年～前479年）；創立儒家，又開平民教育先河；後世尊稱為「至聖先師」、「萬世師表」

Examples

• 孔子是誰？

  Who was Confucius?

  Tatoeba · Iye_Tete CC BY

• 食色性也（孔子）。

  Desire for food and sex is part of human nature.

  Tatoeba · liuzhongjun CC BY

• 孔子的本名是孔丘。

  Confucius's real name was Kong Qiu.

  Tatoeba · Adelpa CC BY

• 子是中国古代对有学问的人的尊称，如孔子，老子，墨子，韩非子。

  The title "Zi" was an honorific title for learned scholars in ancient China, such as Confucius, Laozi, Mozi and Han Feizi.

  Tatoeba · jan_OkulaJu CC BY

• 孔子下山來點名，點到誰誰就是烏龜；不管三七二十一，我媽說選一個，最好的一個，就！是！你！

  Confucius came down the mountain to call the roll; whoever gets called is a turtle. Regardless of three sevens twenty-one, my mom said pick one, the best one, it's you!

  Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY