See also: 孙子

Chinese edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

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)
Synonyms edit
  • (grandson):
  • (good-for-nothing):
Derived terms edit

Adjective edit

孫子

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

Etymology 2 edit

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

Pronunciation edit



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 edit

孫子

  1. (literary) posterity; descendants
Synonyms edit

Etymology 3 edit

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

Pronunciation edit


Proper noun edit

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
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Sino-Xenic (孫子):

Etymology 4 edit

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

Japanese edit

 孫子 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
そん
Grade: 4

Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Chinese 孫子孙子.

Proper noun edit

(そん)() (Sonshi

  1. Sun Tzu
See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
まご
Grade: 4

Grade: 1
kun’yomi

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(まご)() (magoko

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

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

孫子 (sonja) (hangeul 손자)

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

Proper noun edit

孫子 (Sonja) (hangeul 손자)

  1. Hanja form? of 손자 (Sun Tzu).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun edit

孫子

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