孫子

孫子

See also: 孙子

Chinese

Etymology 1

		grandson	diminutive suffix
trad. (孫子)		孫	子
simp. (孙子)		孙	子
anagram		子孫／子孙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): sūnzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄣ ˙ㄗ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): сунзы (sunzɨ, I-0)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun¹ zi²
• Gan (Wiktionary): sun¹ zi
• Jin (Wiktionary): sung¹ zeh
• Wu (Wiktionary): sen zr (T1)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): sen¹ zr

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sūnzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄣ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sunzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: sun¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: swūn-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suen.tzy
    • Palladius: суньцзы (sunʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /swən⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: сунзы (sunzɨ, I-0)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ²⁴ t͡sz̩⁰/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: syun¹ zi²
    • Yale: syūn jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʃyːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 孫子／孙子 宣旨 宣紙／宣纸

• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: sun¹ zi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sun⁴² t͡sz̩²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: sung¹ zeh
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /sũŋ¹¹ t͡səʔ²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: sen zr (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /səɲ⁵⁵ z̥z̩²¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: sen¹ zr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sən³³ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

孫子

1. grandson (son's son)
2. grandchild
3. (dialectal Mandarin, derogatory, vulgar) bastard

   這孫子成績好是因為丫老給老師舔屁眼。 [Beijing Mandarin, trad.]
   这孙子成绩好是因为丫老给老师舔屁眼。 [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.

   以搶錢為宗旨，待旅客如孫子 [MSC, trad.]
   以抢钱为宗旨，待旅客如孙子 [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

• (grandson):

Dialectal synonyms of 孫子 (“grandson (son's son)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		孫, 孫兒
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		孫子, 內孫
Mandarin	Beijing	孫子, 孫夥計
	Taiwan	孫子
	Harbin	孫子
	Yantai (Muping)	孫子
	Jinan	孫子兒, 孫子
	Luoyang	孫子, 孫兒
	Wanrong	裡甥子, 孫子
	Zhengzhou	孫兒
	Xi'an	孫子
	Yinchuan	孫子
	Lanzhou	孫娃子, 男孫子
	Xining	孫娃子
	Ürümqi	孫子
	Wuhan	孫子, 孫娃子 young, dated
	Huanggang	孫兒
	Chengdu	孫兒, 家孫兒
	Guiyang	孫孫
	Kunming	孫子
	Guilin	孫子
	Liuzhou	孫子, 孫崽, 孫
	Xuzhou	孫子, 孫兒
	Yangzhou	孫子
	Nanjing	孫子
	Hefei	孫子
	Nantong	孫子, 孫兒
	Singapore	孫, 孫子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	孫子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	孫, 孫仔
	Hong Kong	孫, 孫仔
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	孫
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	孫
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	孫仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	孫仔
	Macau	孫
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	孫
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	孫
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	孫
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	孫
	Foshan	孫
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	孫
	Foshan (Shunde)	孫
	Foshan (Sanshui)	孫
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	孫
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	孫
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	孫
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	孫
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	孫
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	孫
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	孫
	Taishan	孫
	Kaiping (Chikan)	孫
	Enping (Niujiang)	孫
	Heshan (Yayao)	孫
	Dongguan	孫
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	孫
	Shaoguan	孫
	Yunfu	孫
	Yangjiang	孫
	Xinyi	孫
	Lianjiang	孫
	Nanning	孫, 孫仔
	Wuzhou	孫, 孫仔
	Yulin	孫
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	孫
	Danzhou	兒孫
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	孫仔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	孫, 孫仔
Gan	Nanchang	孫子
	Lichuan	孫崽
	Pingxiang	孫, 孫子
Hakka	Meixian	孫仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	阿孫, 孫
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	阿孫
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	阿孫
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	阿孫
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	孫仔
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	孫
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	孫
	Boluo (Bendihua)	男孫
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	孫仔
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	孫仔, 孫子
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	孫子
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	孫子
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	孫哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	孫哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	孫哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	孫哩
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	阿孫
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	孫
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	孫
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	孫
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	阿孫
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	孫
	Wengyuan	孫子
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	阿孫
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	孫
	Liannan	孫子
	Conghua (Lütian)	孫仔
	Jiexi	阿孫
	Luhe	孫仔
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	阿孫
	Changting	孫哩
	Wuping (Yanqian)	孫子
	Ninghua	孫哩
	Yudu	孫子, 孫
	Ningdu	孫子
	Shicheng	孫子
	Shangyou (Shexi)	孫子
	Tonggu (Sandu)	孫子
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	孫子
	Dayu	孫哩
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	孫仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	孫仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	孫仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	孫
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	孫仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	孫
	Hong Kong	孫仔
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	孫子
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	孫仔
	Xinyi (Sihe)	孫
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	孫
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	孫
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	孫
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	孫子
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	孫子
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	孫, 阿孫
	Mengshan (Xihe)	孫
	Luchuan	孫
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	孫子
	Sabah (Longchuan)	孫仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	孫仔
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	孫
	Singkawang	孫
Huizhou	Jixi	孫子
Jin	Taiyuan	孫子
	Pingyao	孫子
	Xinzhou	孫子
	Hohhot	孫子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	孫仔
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	孫仔
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	孫
	Jianyang	孫仔
	Wuyishan	孫仔
	Pucheng (Shibei)	孫仔
Min Dong	Fuzhou	孫, 孫囝, 丈夫孫
	Changle	孫
	Fuqing	孫, 孫囝
	Yongtai	孫囝
	Gutian	孫
	Fu'an	孫
	Ningde	孫
	Shouning	孫囝
	Zhouning	孫
	Fuding	孫囝
	Matsu	孫
Min Nan	Xiamen	孫, 孫仔
	Quanzhou	孫, 孫仔
	Yongchun	丈夫孫
	Zhangzhou	孫
	Dongshan	孫仔
	Taipei	孫
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	孫仔
	Kaohsiung	孫
	Yilan	孫
	Changhua (Lukang)	孫
	Taichung	孫
	Tainan	孫, 孫仔
	Hsinchu	孫
	Kinmen	孫
	Penghu (Magong)	孫
	Penang (Hokkien)	孫
	Singapore (Hokkien)	孫, 丈夫孫
	Manila (Hokkien)	孫, 孫仔
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	孫仔
	Datian	孫
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	孫
	Chaozhou	孫
	Jieyang	孫, 孫囝
	Haifeng	孫仔
	Bangkok (Teochew)	孫, 內孫
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	孫囝
	Singapore (Teochew)	孫, 孫囝
	Leizhou	孫
	Wenchang	孫, 公爹孫, 丈夫孫
	Haikou	孫, 孫囝 young
	Singapore (Hainanese)	孫
Puxian Min	Putian	孫
	Xianyou	內頭孫
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	孫, 孫崽
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	孫子
Shehua	Fu'an	孫
	Fuding	孫
	Luoyuan	孫
	Sanming	孫
	Shunchang	孫仔
	Hua'an	孫
	Guixi (Zhangping)	孫仔
	Cangnan	孫
	Jingning	孫
	Lishui	孫
	Longyou	孫
	Chaozhou	孫
	Fengshun	孫仔
Wu	Shanghai	孫子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	孫子, 孫男子
	Suzhou	孫子
	Wuxi	孫子
	Danyang	孫子
	Hangzhou	孫子
	Ningbo	孫子
	Wenzhou	孫兒, 孫
	Jinhua	孫兒, 孫
Xiang	Changsha	孫崽子, 孫崽, 孫伢子, 孫子
	Loudi	孫
	Shuangfeng	孫
	Quanzhou	孫崽

Derived terms

外孫子／外孙子 (wàisūnzi) 抱孫子／抱孙子 (bào sūnzi) 曾孫子／曾孙子 (zēngsūnzi)

重孫子／重孙子 (chóngsūnzi) 龜孫子／龟孙子 (guīsūnzi)

Adjective

孫子

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

Derived terms

裝孫子／装孙子 (zhuāngsūnzi)

Etymology 2

		grandson	son
trad. (孫子)		孫	子
simp. (孙子)		孙	子
anagram		子孫／子孙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sūnzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄣ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sūnzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄣ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sunzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: sun¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: swūn-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suentzyy
    • Palladius: суньцзы (sunʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /swən⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: syun¹ zi²
    • Yale: syūn jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʃyːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 孫子／孙子 宣旨 宣紙／宣纸

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• Middle Chinese: /suən  t͡sɨ^X/

Rime
Character	孫	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	思渾切	即里切
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	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syun1	zi2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ˤu[n]  tsəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*suːn  ʔslɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	孫	子
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sūn	zǐ
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	孫	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12178	17857
Phonetic component	孫	子
Rime group	文	之
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	孫	子
Old Chinese	/*suːn/	/*ʔslɯʔ/

Noun

孫子

1. (literary) posterity; descendants

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 孫子

子胤 (zǐyìn) (literary) 苗 (miáo) (literary, or in compounds) 仔孫／仔孙 (Cantonese) 兒孫／儿孙 (érsūn) 囝孫／囝孙 (Min) 子孫／子孙 (zǐsūn) 後人／后人 (hòurén)

後代／后代 (hòudài) 後嗣／后嗣 (hòusì) 後生／后生 (hòushēng) (literary) 後裔／后裔 (hòuyì) 緒餘／绪余 (xùyú) (literary) 遺裔／遗裔 (yíyì) (literary) 餘緒／余绪 (yúxù) (literary)

Etymology 3

		surname	respectful suffix for teachers
trad. (孫子)		孫	子
simp. (孙子)		孙	子
anagram		子孫／子孙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sūnzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄣ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sūnzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄣ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sunzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: Sun¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: Swūn-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Suentzyy
    • Palladius: Суньцзы (Sunʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /swən⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: syun¹ zi²
    • Yale: syūn jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʃyːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 孫子／孙子 宣旨 宣紙／宣纸

Proper noun

孫子

1. Sun Tzu (military general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period, 544–496 BCE)
2. The Art of War

Synonyms

• (Sun Tzu): 孫武子／孙武子 (Sūn Wǔzǐ)

Derived terms

孫子兵法／孙子兵法 (Sūnzǐ Bīngfǎ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (孫子):

• → Japanese: 孫(そん)子(し) (sonshi)
• → Korean: 손자(孫子) (sonja)
• → Vietnamese: Tôn Tử (孫子)

Etymology 4

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

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Japanese

Etymology 1

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

From Chinese 孫子.

Proper noun

孫(そん)子(し) • (Sonshi) 

1. Sun Tzu

See also

• 諸(しょ)子(し)百(ひゃっ)家(か) (Shoshi Hyakka)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
孫	子
まご Grade: 4	こ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

From 孫 (mago, “grandchild”) +‎ 子 (ko, “child”).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) まご​こ [màgóꜜkò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ma̠ɡo̞ko̞]

Noun

孫(まご)子(こ) • (magoko) 

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

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Korean

Hanja in this term
孫	子

Noun

孫子 • (sonja) (hangeul 손자)

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

Proper noun

孫子 • (Sonja) (hangeul 손자)

1. Hanja form^? of 손자 (“Sun Tzu”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
孫	子

Proper noun

孫子

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