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sūn

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Definitions

  1. 1. grandson
  2. 2. descendant

Words Containing 孙

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]

孙媳妇
sūn xí fu

son's son's wife

子孙娘娘
zǐ sūn niáng niang

goddess of fertility

天孙娘娘
tiān sūn niáng niáng

Goddess of Fertility

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]

长孙无忌
zhǎng sūn wú jì

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

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

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]

孙山
sūn shān

Sun Shan, Song Dynasty joker and talented scholar

孙传芳
sūn chuán fāng

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

参孙
cān sūn

Samson (name)

孙毓棠
sūn yù táng

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

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)

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]

孙大圣
sūn dà shèng

Great-Sage Sun

儿孙
ér sūn

descendant

重孙
chóng sūn

great-grandson

孙燕姿
sūn yàn zī

Stefanie Sun (1978-), Singaporean singer-songwriter

玄孙
xuán sūn

great-great-grandson

重孙女
chóng sūn nǚ

great-granddaughter

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

亚马孙河
yà mǎ sūn hé

Amazon River

孙策
sūn cè

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

外孙子
wài sūn zi

(coll.) daughter's son

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

曾孙
zēng sūn

great-grandson

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)

孙子
sūn zi

grandson

孙女
sūn nǚ

son's daughter

重孙子
chóng sūn zi

great-grandson

龟孙子
guī sūn zi

(coll.) son of a bitch

长孙
zhǎng sūn

eldest grandson

承重孙
chéng zhòng sūn

eldest grandson (to sustain upper storeys of ancestor worship)

孙膑兵法
sūn bìn bīng fǎ

Sun Bin's \The Art of War\

子子孙孙
zǐ zǐ sūn sūn

one's posterity

炎黄子孙
yán huáng zǐ sūn

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

外孙女
wài sūn nǚ

daughter's daughter

乌孙国
wū sūn guó

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

侄孙女
zhí sūn nǚ

grand niece

孙悦
sūn yuè

Sun Yue (1973-), PRC female pop star

孙吴县
sūn wú xiàn

Sunwu county in Heihe 黑河[hēi hé], Heilongjiang

儿孙自有儿孙福
ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú

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

断子绝孙
duàn zǐ jué sūn

to die without progeny

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]

孙女婿
sūn nǚ xu

son's daughter's husband

汤姆孙
tāng mǔ sūn

Thompson or Thomson (name)

子孙
zǐ sūn

offspring

曾孙女
zēng sūn nǚ

great-granddaughter

侄孙
zhí sūn

grandnephew

孙女
sūn nǚ

son's daughter

秀色孙鲽
xiù sè sūn dié

yellowtail

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]

外孙
wài sūn

daughter's son

孙吴
sūn wú

Sunwu county in Heihe 黑河[hēi hé], Heilongjiang

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

basal ganglia lesions

孙继海
sūn jì hǎi

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

王孙
wáng sūn

children of the nobility

亚马孙
yà mǎ sūn

Amazon

孙子定理
sūn zi dìng lǐ

the Chinese remainder theorem

孙犁
sūn lí

Sun Li (1913-2002), novelist

含饴弄孙
hán yí nòng sūn

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