子孫

子孫

See also: 子孙

Chinese

		child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight	grandson
trad. (子孫)		子	孫
simp. (子孙)		子	孙
anagram		孫子／孙子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐsūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄙㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² syun¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́-sûn
• Min Nan (POJ): chú-sun / chír-sun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zǐsūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄙㄨㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyysuen
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ su̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² syun¹
    • Yale: jí syūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² syn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² xun¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ ʃyːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-sûn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii` sun´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ sun¹
    • IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ sun²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-sun
    • Tâi-lô: tsú-sun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zwswn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sun⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chír-sun
    • Tâi-lô: tsír-sun
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sun³³/

Noun

子孫

1. children and grandchildren; descendants

   子孫後代 / 子孙后代  ―  zǐsūn hòudài  ―  future generations

Synonyms

• 兒孫／儿孙 (érsūn)
• (Min) 囝孫／囝孙

Derived terms

不肖子孫／不肖子孙 (bùxiào zǐsūn) 吃子孫飯／吃子孙饭 子子孫孫／子子孙孙 子孫桶／子孙桶

子孫滿堂／子孙满堂 德流子孫／德流子孙 慶流子孫／庆流子孙 炎黃子孫／炎黄子孙 (yánhuáng zǐsūn)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
子	孫
し Grade: 1	そん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) し​そん [shíꜜsòǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕisõ̞ɴ]

Noun

子孫 (hiragana しそん, rōmaji shison)

1. descendant, scion

   Synonyms: 後裔 (kōei), 孫子 (magoko)

   Antonym: 先祖 (senzo)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN