Keyword
eldest amongst brothers
- first in a series
- great
- eminent
- Frequency
- #2122
- Strokes
- 8
Readings
mèng
Mnemonic
A child 子 sitting on a throne 皿
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
孟加拉
Bengal; Bangladesh
孟
first month of a season; eldest amongst brothers
孟加拉国
Bangladesh
孟买
Mumbai (formerly Bombay)
孟子
Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius; book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism
西孟加拉邦
West Bengal
孟菲斯
Memphis (Egypt or Tennessee)
孟加拉湾
Bay of Bengal
孟加拉语
Bengali (language)
孟姜女
heroine of Qin dynasty 秦朝 folk tale, who searched for her husband, and whose tears broke down a stretch of the Great Wall to reveal his body
孟德斯鸠
Charles Montesquieu (1689-1755), French political philosopher
孟浩然
Meng Haoran (689-740), Tang Dynasty Poet
孔孟
Confucius and Mencius
孔孟之道
the teaching of Confucius and Mencius
孟尝君
Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and of Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
孟良崮
Mt Mengliang in Mengyin county 蒙阴县 (Méngyīnxiàn), Linyi 临沂 (Línyí), Shandong
孟良崮战役
Battle of Mt Mengliang in Shandong of 1947 between the Nationalists and Communists
孟郊
Meng Jiao (751-814), Tang dynasty essayist and poet
孟浪
hasty; rash; impetuous
孟轲
Mencius 孟子 (c. 372-c. 289), Confucian philosopher
吴孟超
Wu Mengchao (1922-), Chinese medical scientist and surgeon specializing in liver and gallbladder disorders
孟州市
Mengzhou, a county-level city in Jiaozuo City 焦作市 (JiāozuòShì), Henan
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; (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess of the wind
孟加拉人民共和国
People's Republic of Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan)