诸子十家 zhū zǐ shí jiā

various sages and ten schools of thought

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. various sages and ten schools of thought
  2. 2. refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒rú represented by Confucius 孔子kǒng zǐ and Mencius 孟子mèng zǐ, Daoism 道dào by Laozi 老子lǎo zǐ and Zhuangzi 庄子zhuāng zǐ, Mohism 墨mò by Mozi 墨子mò zǐ, Legalism 法fǎ by Sunzi 孙子sūn zǐ and Han Feizi 韩非子hán fēi zǐ, and numerous others

Characters

Character Meaning
诸 zhū HSK 6
all; various; surname Zhu
子 zǐ HSK 1
(noun suffix); son; child
十 shí HSK 1
ten; 10
家 jiā HSK 1
home; family; classifier for families or businesses