Usage of the character 孙
Sūn
孙
[孫]
- surname Sun
sūn
孙
[孫]
- grandson
- descendant
Gōngsūn
公孙
[公孫]
- two-character surname Gongsun
Sūn Wén
孙文
[孫文]
- the original name of 孫中山／孙中山 ( Sūn Zhōngshān), 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 ( Guómíndǎng)
wàisūn
外孙
[外孫]
- daughter's son
- grandson
- descendant via the female line
Sūn Wǔ
孙武
[孫武]
- Sun Wu, also known as Sun Tzu 孫子／孙子 ( Sūnzǐ) (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 ( Sūnzǐ Bīngfǎ), one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書／武经七书 ( Wǔjīng Qīshū)
Sūnzǐ
孙子
[孫子]
- 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 ( Sūnzǐ Bīngfǎ), one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書／武经七书 ( Wǔjīng Qīshū)
Sūn Lí
孙犁
[孫犁]
- Sun Li (1913-2002), novelist
Sūn Jiān
孙坚
[孫堅]
- Sun Jian (155-191), famous general at end of Han dynasty, forerunner of the southern kingdom of Wu of the Three Kingdoms
Sūn Bìn
孙膑
[孫臏]
- Sun Bin (-316 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家／纵横家 ( Zònghéngjiā) during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)
zhísūn
侄孙
[姪孫]
- grandnephew
Sūn Cè
孙策
[孫策]
- Sun Ce (175-200), general and major warlord of the Later Han Dynasty
zǐsūn
子孙
[子孫]
- offspring
- posterity
Sūn Shān
孙山
[孫山]
- Sun Shan, Song Dynasty joker and talented scholar
érsūn
儿孙
[兒孫]
- descendant
zhǎngsūn
长孙
[長孫]
- eldest grandson
- the eldest son of one's eldest son
wángsūn
王孙
[王孫]
- children of the nobility
zēngsūn
曾孙
[曾孫]
- great-grandson
chóngsūn
重孙
[重孫]
- great-grandson
Zhǎngsūn
长孙
[長孫]
- two-character surname Zhangsun
sūnnü
孙女
[孫女]
- son's daughter
- granddaughter
Sūn Yuè
孙悦
[孫悅]
- Sun Yue (1973-), PRC female pop star
- Sun Yue (1985-), PRC basketball star
sūnzi
孙子
[孫子]
- grandson
- son's son
Sūnwú
孙吴
[孫吳]
- Sunwu county in Heihe 黑河 ( Hēihé), Heilongjiang
Sūn Zhū
孙诛
[孫誅]
- Sun Zhu (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首／唐诗三百首 ( Tángshī Sānbǎi Shǒu)
- also known by assumed name 蘅塘退士 ( Héngtáng Tuìshì)
Sūn Quán
孙权
[孫權]
- Sun Quan (reigned 222-252), southern warlord and king of state of Wu 吳／吴 ( Wú) in the Three Kingdoms period
Cānsūn
参孙
[參孫]
- Samson (name)
- biblical hero around 1100 BC
xuánsūn
玄孙
[玄孫]
- great-great-grandson
Sūn Chuánfāng
孙传芳
[孫傳芳]
- Sun Chuanfang (1885-1935) one of the northern warlord, murdered in Tianjin in 1935
wàisūnnü
外孙女
[外孫女]
- daughter's daughter
- granddaughter
sūnxífu
孙媳妇
[孫媳婦]
- son's son's wife
- grandson's wife
wàisūnzi
外孙子
[外孫子]
- (coll.) daughter's son
- grandson
Sūndàshèng
孙大圣
[孫大聖]
- Great-Sage Sun
- Sun Wukong 孫悟空／孙悟空 ( Sūn Wùkōng)
Gōngsūn Qǐ
公孙起
[公孫起]
- Gongsun Qi (-258 BC), famous general of Qin 秦國／秦国, the victor at 長平／长平 in 260 BC
- same as Bai Qi 白起
Sūnwúxiàn
孙吴县
[孫吳縣]
- Sunwu county in Heihe 黑河 ( Hēihé), Heilongjiang
Sūn Jìhǎi
孙继海
[孫繼海]
- Sun Jihai (1977-), Chinese footballer, played for Manchester City (2002-2008)
Sūn Wùkōng
孙悟空
[孫悟空]
- Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記／西游记 ( Xīyóu Jì)
- Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠／七龙珠 ( Qīlóngzhū)
Wūsūnguó
乌孙国
[烏孫國]
- Wusun kingdom of central Asia (c. 300 BC-300 AD)
Sūnxíngzhě
孙行者
[孫行者]
- Sun Wukong 孫悟空／孙悟空 ( Sūn Wùkōng), the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記／西游记 ( Xīyóu Jì)
Gōngsūn Lóng
公孙龙
[公孫龍]
- Gongsun Long (c. 325-250 BC), leading thinker of the School of Logicians of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
guīsūnzi
龟孙子
[龜孫子]
- (coll.) son of a bitch
- bastard
chóngsūnnü
重孙女
[重孫女]
- great-granddaughter
Sūn Sīmiǎo
孙思邈
[孫思邈]
- Sun Simiao (c. 581-682), doctor and herbalist of the Sui and Tang dynasty, author of Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold 千金要方 ( Qiānjīn Yàofāng)
Sūn Wǔzǐ
孙武子
[孫武子]
- Sun Wu, famous general, strategist and Legalist philosopher, contemporary with Confucius 孔子 ( Kǒngzǐ) (551-479 BC), author of "The Art of War" 孫子兵法／孙子兵法 ( Sūnzǐ Bīngfǎ), also known as Sun Tzu 孫子／孙子 ( Sūnzǐ)
Tāngmǔsūn
汤姆孙
[湯姆孫]
- Thompson or Thomson (name)
zēngsūnnü
曾孙女
[曾孫女]
- great-granddaughter
zhísūnnü
侄孙女
[姪孫女]
- grand niece
Yàmǎsūn
亚马孙
[亞馬孫]
- Amazon
chéngzhòngsūn
承重孙
[承重孫]
- eldest grandson (to sustain upper storeys of ancestor worship)
Sūn Zhōngshān
孙中山
[孫中山]
- 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
- same as 孫逸仙／孙逸仙
chóngsūnzi
重孙子
[重孫子]
- great-grandson
Sūn Yìxiān
孙逸仙
[孫逸仙]
- Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Kuomintang
- same as 孫中山／孙中山
sūnnüxu
孙女婿
[孫女婿]
- son's daughter's husband
- granddaughter's husband
Sūn Yùtáng
孙毓棠
[孫毓棠]
- Sun Yutang (1911-1985), historian and poet, studied in Tokyo, Oxford and Harvard
sūnnür
孙女儿
[孫女兒]
- granddaughter (son's daughter)
Sūn Yànzī
孙燕姿
[孫燕姿]
- Stefanie Sun (1978-), Singaporean singer-songwriter
zǐzǐsūnsūn
子子孙孙
[子子孫孫]
- one's posterity
hányínòngsūn
含饴弄孙
[含飴弄孫]
- lit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy (idiom)
- fig. to enjoy a happy and leisurely old age
wàisūnnür
外孙女儿
[外孫女兒]
- granddaughter (one's daughter's daughter)
Yàmǎsūn Hé
亚马孙河
[亞馬孫河]
- Amazon River
xiùsèsūndié
秀色孙鲽
[秀色孫鰈]
- yellowtail
Tiānsūn Niángniáng
天孙娘娘
[天孫娘娘]
- Goddess of Fertility
Sūnzǐ Bīngfǎ
孙子兵法
[孫子兵法]
- “Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書／武经七书 ( Wǔjīng Qīshū), written by Sun Tzu 孫子／孙子 ( Sūnzǐ)
Zhǎngsūn Wújì
长孙无忌
[長孫無忌]
- Zhangsun Wuji (c. 594-659), politician and historian of early Tang
Yán Huángzǐsūn
炎黄子孙
[炎黃子孫]
- descendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people)
Sūn Bìn Bīngfǎ
孙膑兵法
[孫臏兵法]
- Sun Bin's "The Art of War"
Sūnzidìnglǐ
孙子定理
[孫子定理]
- the Chinese remainder theorem
duànzǐjuésūn
断子绝孙
[斷子絕孫]
- to die without progeny
- (offensive) may you die childless
- may you be the last of your family line
zǐsūnniángniang
子孙娘娘
[子孫娘娘]
- goddess of fertility
míngluò Sūn Shān
名落孙山
[名落孫山]
- lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山／孙山 ( Sūn Shān) (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom)
- fig. to fail an exam
- to fall behind (in a competition)
érsūnzìyǒu'érsūnfú
儿孙自有儿孙福
[兒孫自有兒孫福]
- younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)