孟
Meanings
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- 1.first month of a season
- 2.eldest amongst brothers
- 1.surname Meng
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Wiktionary
- 1.eldest brother (also used in personal names)
- 2.first month of a season
- 3.first in series
- 4.great, eminent
- 5.to strive; to endeavor
- 6.Mon people
- 7.a surname
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *mraːŋs): semantic 子 (“child; son”) + phonetic 皿 (OC *maŋʔ) From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *maŋ (“big; old; elder (brother, uncle)”); cognate with Anong ʈhi³¹ mɑŋ³¹ (“old; elderly”), Drung tvmvng (“elder sibling”), Burmese မင်း (mang:, “monarch; king”) (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT). Likely related to 兄 (OC *hmraŋ, “older brother”) (Sagart, 1999; STEDT). Perhaps also related to 芒 (OC *maːŋ, *maŋ, “great; extensive”) and 荒 (OC *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋs, “vast; excessive; senile”) (Sagart, 1999; Schuessler, 2007).
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孔孟 Confucius and Mencius优孟 You Meng, famous court jester during the reign of King Zhuang of Chu 楚庄王[Chǔ Zhuāng wáng], known for his intelligence and sharp tongue孟州 see 孟州市[Mèng zhōu Shì]孟连 see 孟连傣族拉祜族佤族自治县[Mèng lián Dǎi zú Lā hù zú Wǎ zú Zì zhì xiàn]孟婆 (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess who gives a potion to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life孟子 Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius孟夏 the first month of summer (i.e. the fourth lunisolar month)孟郊 Meng Jiao (751-814), Tang dynasty essayist and poet孟津 see 孟津区[Mèng jīn Qū]孟村 see 孟村回族自治县[Mèng cūn Huí zú Zì zhì xiàn]孟轲 Mencius 孟子 (c. 372-c. 289), Confucian philosopher孟买 Mumbai (formerly Bombay)