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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Sūn | Sun1
English translation
surname Sun
grandson
descendant
grandchild, descendent; surname

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About 孙 Sūn

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

孫 sūn

Contains the radical

子 zǐ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

Simplified form of 孫 sūn ; a chain 系 xì  of descent 子 zǐ

Etymology of 孙 Sūn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰子小

Explanation

Simplified form of 孫 sūn . A grandson is a small (小 xiǎo ) child (子 zǐ ).

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Example sentences using 孙 Sūn

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以上 yǐ shàng 是 shì 科辣黑 Hēi 子 zǐ 孙 Sūn 和 hé 默辣黎 Lí 子孙 zǐ sūn 守门 shǒu mén 的 de 班次 bān cì .

These were the classes of the gatekeepers, descendants Kore and Merari.

他 tā 还 Huán 对 duì 春 chūn 月 yuè 未 wèi 能 Néng 给 gěi 她 tā 生 shēng 个 gè 孙子 Sūnzǐ 而 ér 常常 cháng cháng 长吁短叹 cháng xū duǎn tàn .

He also dwelt on the failure of Spring Moon to give her a grandson.

孙 Sūn 排长 pái zhǎng —— 现在 xiànzài 是 shì 侦探 zhēntàn —— 伸手 shēn shǒu 按 àn 了 le 铃 líng .

Lieutenant Sun, now a detective, raised his hand and pressed the bell.

她 tā 快 kuài 抱 bào 孙子 Sūnzǐ 了 le .

She'll soon be a grandmother.

“随意 suíyì 春 chūn 芳 fāng 歇 xiē ,王孙 wáng sūn 自 zì 可 kě 留 liú ”.

Noble young men will be detained by spring flowers.

Words with 孙 Sūn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
孙子 Sūnzǐ grandson孫子
孙 Sūn grandson孫 sūn
孙女 sūn nǚ son's daughter孫女
子孙 zǐ sūn offspring子孫
孙中山 Sūn Zhōng shān same as 孫逸仙|孙逸仙 Sūn Yì xiān 孫中山
外孙 wài sūn grandson外孫
孙继海 Sūn Jì hǎi Sun Jihai (1977-), Chinese footballer, played for Manchester City (2002-2008)孫繼海
外孙女 wài sūn nǚ daughter's daughter外孫女
孙悟空 Sūn Wù kōng Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠|七龙珠 Qī lóng zhū [Qī​lóng​zhū]孫悟空
长孙 Zhǎng sūn eldest grandson長孫
公孙 Gōng sūn two-character surname Gongsun公孫
孙悦 Sūn Yuè Sun Yue (1973-), PRC female pop star孫悅
孙燕姿 Sūn Yàn zī Stefanie Sun (1978-), Singaporean singer-songwriter孫燕姿
孙权 Sūn Quán Sun Quan (reigned 222-252), southern warlord and king of state of Wu 吳 wú |吴 wú in the Three Kingdoms period孫權
儿孙 ér sūn descendant兒孫
曾孙 zēng sūn great-grandson曾孫
炎黄子孙 Yán Huáng zǐ sūn descendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people)炎黃子孫
孙策 Sūn Cè Sun Ce (175-200), general and major warlord of the Later Han Dynasty孫策
孙武 Sūn Wǔ Sun Wu, also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子 Sūnzǐ [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 [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 [Wǔ​jīng​Qī​shū]孫武
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孫堅
王孙 wáng sūn children of the nobility王孫

孙 Sūn Decomposition & Compounds

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孙 Sūn Decomposition

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孙 Sūn Compounds

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