吳敬梓 Save Create a free account to save words Simplified: 吴敬梓 wújìngzǐ ㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄗˇ 男 女 Wu Jingzi (1701–1754), Qing dynasty novelist, author of The Scholars 儒林外史 rúlínwàishǐ Character by character 吳(wú)surname Wu 敬(jìng)respectful 梓(zǐ)Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items Sign up for a free account to save words and review them A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0