孟 (mèng): first month of a season, eldest amongst brothers
孟 (mèng) is a Chinese character meaning “first month of a season.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 子 (structural) and 皿 (structural). It ranks #1565 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 孟 a child 子 sitting on a throne 皿. Its radical form 子 (child) appears in many related characters such as 子 (zǐ, son), 字 (zì, letter), 学 (xué, to learn).
Definitions
- first month of a season
- eldest amongst brothers
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA child 子 sitting on a throne 皿
Decomposition: ⿱子皿 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 孟菲斯 | mèng fēi sī | Memphis (Egypt or Tennessee) |
| 孟买 | mèng mǎi | Mumbai (formerly Bombay) |
| 孟加拉 | mèng jiā lā | Bengal |
| 孟加拉国 | mèng jiā lā guó | Bangladesh |
| 孟加拉湾 | mèng jiā lā wān | Bay of Bengal |
| 孟子 | mèng zǐ | Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius |
| 孟加拉人民共和国 | mèng jiā lā rén mín gòng hé guó | People's Republic of Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) |
| 孟加拉语 | mèng jiā lā yǔ | Bengali (language) |
| 孟村回族自治县 | mèng cūn huí zú zì zhì xiàn | Mengcun Hui Autonomous County, in Cangzhou City 滄州市|沧州市[Cang1 zhou1 Shi4], Hebei |
| 西孟加拉邦 | xī mèng jiā lā bāng | West Bengal |
| 孔孟之道 | kǒng mèng zhī dào | the teaching of Confucius and Mencius |
| 王希孟 | wáng xī mèng | Wang Ximeng (c. 1096-c. 1119), Song artist, probably teenage prodigy who died young, painter of Thousand Miles of Lan... |
| 孟州市 | mèng zhōu shì | Mengzhou, a county-level city in Jiaozuo City 焦作市[Jiao1 zuo4 Shi4], Henan |
| 农德孟 | nóng dé mèng | Nong Duc Manh (1940-), general secretary of the Vietnamese Communist Party 2001-2011 |
| 孟连傣族拉祜族佤族自治县 | mèng lián dǎi zú lā hù zú wǎ zú zì zhì xiàn | Menglian Dai, Lahu and Va autonomous county in Pu'er 普洱[Pu3 er3], Yunnan |
孟 appears in 39 compound words: 79 as the first character, 13 as the last, and 8 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 孟 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
学习孟字需要反复练习，才能写得工整。
xué xí mèng zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Mastering the character "孟" requires repeated practice to achieve neat and precise writing.
被指“艳压杨紫”引战?孟子义私讯道歉 女神“16字暖心回应”曝光
bèi zhǐ yàn yā yáng zǐ yǐn zhàn ? mèng zǐ yì sī xùn dào qiàn nǚ shén 1 6 zì nuǎn xīn huí yīng pù guāng
Accused of "outshining Yang Zi" and sparking controversy? Meng Ziyi sends private message to apologize; goddess's "16-word heartwarming reply" revealed
诱骗同乡偷渡来马劳动剥削 移民局捕4孟加拉男
yòu piàn tóng xiāng tōu dù lái mǎ láo dòng bāo xiāo yí mín jú bǔ 4 mèng jiā lā nán
Deceiving fellow villagers to smuggle into Malaysia for labor exploitation, the immigration bureau arrested 4 Bangladeshi men
离婚黄子佼半年!孟耿如近况曝光 周丹薇泄私下互动
lí hūn huáng zǐ 佼 bàn nián ! mèng gěng rú jìn kuàng pù guāng zhōu dān 薇 xiè sī xià hù dòng
Divorced Huang Zijiao for half a year! Meng Gengru's recent situation was exposed, and Zhou Danwei leaked private interactions
爆潘孟安免费住豪宅供养王鸿薇要赔50万 最高法...
bào pān mèng ān miǎn fèi zhù háo zhái gōng yǎng wáng 鸿 薇 yāo péi 5 0 wàn zuì gāo fǎ . . .
Pan Meng'an lives in a mansion for free to support Wang Hongwei to pay 500,000 yuan to the Supreme Court...
蓝白要质询总统!潘孟安最速件函文立院
lán bái yāo zhì xún zǒng tǒng ! pān mèng ān zuì sù jiàn hán wén lì yuàn
Blue and white want to question the president! Pan Meng'an's fastest letter to the Legislative Yuan
达卡是孟加拉的首都。
Dákǎ shì Mèngjiālā de shǒudū.
Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh.
这艘船的目的地是孟买
Zhè sōu chuán de mùdìdì shì Mèngmǎi
The ship set sail for Bombay.
你的智慧广大的有如孟买和孟买之间的距离。
Nǐ de zhìhuì guǎngdà de yǒurú Mèngmǎi hé Mèngmǎi zhījiān de jùlí.
Your intelligence is as vast as the distance between Bombay and Mumbai.
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