chuang-tzu

1. 1.

   4th-century Chinese philosopher on whose teachings Lao-tse based Taoism

   Broadermystic

Questions about chuang-tzu

What does chuang-tzu mean?

chuang-tzu means "4th-century Chinese philosopher on whose teachings Lao-tse based Taoism".

How many syllables are in chuang-tzu?

chuang-tzu has 3 syllables and divides as chu-ang-t-zu under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is chuang-tzu a common word?

chuang-tzu is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.