sūn

grandchild, descendent; surname

HSK 4 #995

DEFINITIONS

  • grandchild, descendent
  • surname
  • surname Sun
  • grandson
  • descendant

STROKES

WORDS

子 sūn zǐ Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[Sun1 Wu3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
子 sūn zi grandson; son's son
女 sūn nǚ son's daughter; granddaughter
wài sūn daughter's son; grandson; descendant via the female line
zǐ sūn offspring; posterity
女 wài sūn nǚ daughter's daughter; granddaughter
ér sūn descendant
zēng sūn great-grandson
国 wū sūn guó Wusun kingdom of central Asia (c. 300 BC-300 AD)
悟空 sūn wù kōng Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]; Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠|七龙珠[Qi1 long2 zhu1]
含饴弄 hán yí nòng sūn lit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy (idiom); fig. to enjoy a happy and leisurely old age
子子 zǐ zǐ sūn sūn one's posterity
大圣 sūn dà shèng Great-Sage Sun; Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1]
亚马 yà mǎ sūn Amazon
亚马河 yà mǎ sūn hé Amazon River
名落山 míng luò sūn shān lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sun1 Shan1] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom); fig. to fail an exam; to fall behind (in a competition)
子 wài sūn zi (coll.) daughter's son; grandson
zhí sūn grandnephew
女 zhí sūn nǚ grand niece
女婿 sūn nǚ xu son's daughter's husband; granddaughter's husband
文 sūn wén the original name of 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1], Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党[Guo2 min2 dang3]
膑 sūn bìn Sun Bin (-316 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)
xuán sūn great-great-grandson
wáng sūn children of the nobility
zhǎng sūn two-character surname Zhangsun; eldest grandson; the eldest son of one's eldest son
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