sūn

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  1. 1. grandson
  2. 2. descendant

Words Containing 孙

子孙
zǐ sūn

offspring

孙女
sūn nǚ

son's daughter

孙子
sūn zǐ

Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[sūn wǔ] (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[sūn zǐ bīng fǎ], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[wǔ jīng qī shū]

孙子
sūn zi

grandson

亚马孙
yà mǎ sūn

Amazon

亚马孙河
yà mǎ sūn hé

Amazon River

儿孙
ér sūn

descendant

儿孙自有儿孙福
ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú

younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)

公孙起
gōng sūn qǐ

Gongsun Qi (-258 BC), famous general of Qin 秦國|秦国, the victor at 長平|长平 in 260 BC

公孙龙
gōng sūn lóng

Gongsun Long (c. 325-250 BC), leading thinker of the School of Logicians of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)

参孙
cān sūn

Samson (name)

名落孙山
míng luò sūn shān

lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[sūn shān] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom)

含饴弄孙
hán yí nòng sūn

lit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy (idiom)

基底神经节孙损伤
jī dǐ shén jīng jié sūn sǔn shāng

basal ganglia lesions

外孙
wài sūn

daughter's son

外孙女
wài sūn nǚ

daughter's daughter

外孙子
wài sūn zi

(coll.) daughter's son

天孙娘娘
tiān sūn niáng niáng

Goddess of Fertility

侄孙
zhí sūn

grandnephew

侄孙女
zhí sūn nǚ

grand niece

子子孙孙
zǐ zǐ sūn sūn

one's posterity

子孙娘娘
zǐ sūn niáng niang

goddess of fertility

孙中山
sūn zhōng shān

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

孙传芳
sūn chuán fāng

Sun Chuanfang (1885-1935) one of the northern warlord, murdered in Tianjin in 1935

孙吴
sūn wú

Sunwu county in Heihe 黑河[hēi hé], Heilongjiang

孙吴县
sūn wú xiàn

Sunwu county in Heihe 黑河[hēi hé], Heilongjiang

孙坚
sūn jiān

Sun Jian (155-191), famous general at end of Han dynasty, forerunner of the southern kingdom of Wu of the Three Kingdoms

孙大圣
sūn dà shèng

Great-Sage Sun

孙女
sūn nǚ

son's daughter

孙女婿
sūn nǚ xu

son's daughter's husband

孙媳妇
sūn xí fu

son's son's wife

孙子兵法
sūn zǐ bīng fǎ

“Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[wǔ jīng qī shū], written by Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[sūn zǐ]

孙子定理
sūn zi dìng lǐ

the Chinese remainder theorem

孙山
sūn shān

Sun Shan, Song Dynasty joker and talented scholar

孙悦
sūn yuè

Sun Yue (1973-), PRC female pop star

孙悟空
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[xī yóu jì]

孙文
sūn wén

the original name of 孫中山|孙中山[sūn zhōng shān], 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[guó mín dǎng]

孙权
sūn quán

Sun Quan (reigned 222-252), southern warlord and king of state of Wu 吳|吴[wú] in the Three Kingdoms period

孙武
sūn wǔ

Sun Wu, also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[sūn zǐ] (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[sūn zǐ bīng fǎ], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[wǔ jīng qī shū]

孙武子
sūn wǔ zǐ

Sun Wu, famous general, strategist and Legalist philosopher, contemporary with Confucius 孔子[kǒng zǐ] (551-479 BC), author of \The Art of War\ 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[sūn zǐ bīng fǎ], also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[sūn zǐ]

孙毓棠
sūn yù táng

Sun Yutang (1911-1985), historian and poet, studied in Tokyo, Oxford and Harvard

孙燕姿
sūn yàn zī

Stefanie Sun (1978-), Singaporean singer-songwriter

孙犁
sūn lí

Sun Li (1913-2002), novelist

孙策
sūn cè

Sun Ce (175-200), general and major warlord of the Later Han Dynasty

孙继海
sūn jì hǎi

Sun Jihai (1977-), Chinese footballer, played for Manchester City (2002-2008)

孙膑
sūn bìn

Sun Bin (-316 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[zòng héng jiā] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)

孙膑兵法
sūn bìn bīng fǎ

Sun Bin's \The Art of War\

孙行者
sūn xíng zhě

Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[sūn wù kōng], the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[xī yóu jì]

孙诛
sūn zhū

Sun Zhu (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首[táng shī sān bǎi shǒu]

孙逸仙
sūn yì xiān

Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Kuomintang

承重孙
chéng zhòng sūn

eldest grandson (to sustain upper storeys of ancestor worship)

断子绝孙
duàn zǐ jué sūn

to die without progeny

曾孙
zēng sūn

great-grandson

曾孙女
zēng sūn nǚ

great-granddaughter

汤姆孙
tāng mǔ sūn

Thompson or Thomson (name)

炎黄子孙
yán huáng zǐ sūn

descendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people)

乌孙国
wū sūn guó

Wusun kingdom of central Asia (c. 300 BC-300 AD)

玄孙
xuán sūn

great-great-grandson

王孙
wáng sūn

children of the nobility

秀色孙鲽
xiù sè sūn dié

yellowtail

重孙
chóng sūn

great-grandson

重孙女
chóng sūn nǚ

great-granddaughter

重孙子
chóng sūn zi

great-grandson

长孙
zhǎng sūn

eldest grandson

长孙无忌
zhǎng sūn wú jì

Zhangsun Wuji (c. 594-659), politician and historian of early Tang

龟孙子
guī sūn zi

(coll.) son of a bitch