See also: 孙子

Chinese

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Etymology 1

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grandson diminutive suffix
trad. (孫子)
simp. (孙子)
anagram 子孫子孙

Pronunciation

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Noun

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孫子

  1. grandson (son's son)
  2. grandchild
  3. (dialectal Mandarin, derogatory, vulgar) bastard; good-for-nothing
    孫子成績因為老師舔屁眼 [Beijing Mandarin, trad.]
    孙子成绩因为老师舔屁眼 [Beijing Mandarin, simp.]
    Zhè sūnzi chéngjì hǎo shì yīnwèi yā lǎo gěi lǎoshī tiǎn pìyǎn. [Pinyin]
    This bastard gets good grades because he always kisses the teacher's ass.
    搶錢宗旨旅客孫子 [MSC, trad.]
    抢钱宗旨旅客孙子 [MSC, simp.]
    Yǐ qiǎngqián wèi zōngzhǐ, dài lǚkè rú sūnzi [Pinyin]
    Aim at robbing money (from passengers), treat passengers like bastards (A slogan used for satirizing China Railway Guangzhou Group)
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  • (grandson):
  • (good-for-nothing):
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Adjective

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孫子

  1. (Beijing Mandarin) timid; cowardly
  2. (Beijing Mandarin, of one's behaviour) disgusting; revolting
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Etymology 2

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grandson son
trad. (孫子)
simp. (孙子)
anagram 子孫子孙

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (16) (13)
Final () (55) (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter swon tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/suən/ /t͡sɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/suon/ /t͡sɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/suən/ /t͡sieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/swən/ /t͡sɨX/
Li
Rong
/suən/ /t͡siəX/
Wang
Li
/suən/ /t͡sĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/suən/ /t͡siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
sūn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
syun1 zi2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
sūn
Middle
Chinese
‹ swon › ‹ tsiX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[s]ˁu[n]/ /*tsəʔ/
English grandchild; descendant child; gentleman, master

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 12178 17857
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*suːn/ /*ʔslɯʔ/

Noun

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孫子

  1. (literary) posterity; descendants
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Etymology 3

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surname respectful suffix for teachers
trad. (孫子)
simp. (孙子)
anagram 子孫子孙

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Proper noun

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孫子

  1. Sun Tzu (military general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period, 544–496 BCE)
  2. The Art of War
  3. Sunzi, author of the mathematical treatise Sunzi Suanjing
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Descendants
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Sino-Xenic (孫子):
  • Japanese: (そん)() (sonshi)
  • Korean: 손자(孫子) (sonja)
  • Vietnamese: Tôn Tử (孫子)

Etymology 4

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see 荀子 (“Xunzi; etc.”).
(This term is a variant form of 荀子).

Japanese

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 孫子 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
そん
Grade: 4

Grade: 1
on'yomi

From Chinese 孫子孙子.

Proper noun

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(そん)() (Sonshi

  1. Sun Tzu
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
まご
Grade: 4

Grade: 1
kun'yomi

From (mago, grandchild) +‎ (ko, child).

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Noun

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(まご)() (magoko

  1. Synonym of 子孫 (shison, grandchildren and children; descendants)

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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孫子 (sonja) (hangeul 손자)

  1. hanja form? of 손자 (grandson, grandchild)

Proper noun

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孫子 (Sonja) (hangeul 손자)

  1. hanja form? of 손자 (Sun Tzu)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

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孫子

  1. chữ Hán form of Tôn Tử (Sun Tzu).