# 子子孫孫
## Chinese

| | | child; son; (noun suffix)child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | child; son; (noun suffix)child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | grandson | grandson |
| trad. (子子孫孫) | trad. (子子孫孫) | 子 | 子 | 孫 | 孫 |
| simp. (子子孙孙) | simp. (子子孙孙) | 子 | 子 | 孙 | 孙 |
| AABB-type reduplication of 子孫／子孙 (zǐsūn) ||||||

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zǐzǐsūnsūn
    (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄗˇ ㄙㄨㄣ ㄙㄨㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^2$ zi$^2$ syun$^1$ syun$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́-chṳ́-sûn-sûn
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chú-chú-sun-sun
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zǐzǐsūnsūn [Phonetic: zízǐsūnsūn]
*** Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄗˇ ㄙㄨㄣ ㄙㄨㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhzǐhsunsun
*** Wade–Giles: tzŭ$^3$-tzŭ$^3$-sun$^1$-sun$^1$
*** Yale: dž-dž-swūn-swūn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyytzyysuensuen
*** Palladius: цзыцзысуньсунь (czyczysunʹsunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ su̯ən⁵⁵ su̯ən⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^2$ zi$^2$ syun$^1$ syun$^1$
*** Yale: jí jí syūn syūn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^2$ dzi$^2$ syn$^1$ syn$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^2$ ji$^2$ xun$^1$ xun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː³⁵ t͡siː³⁵ syːn⁵⁵ syːn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-chṳ́-sûn-sûn
*** Hakka Romanization System: zii$^ˋ$ zii$^ˋ$ sun$^ˊ$ sun$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zi$^3$ zi$^3$ sun$^1$ sun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ t͡sɨ³¹ sun²⁴⁻¹¹ sun²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-chú-sun-sun
*** Tâi-lô: tsú-tsú-sun-sun
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zwzwsunswn
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sun⁴⁴⁻³³ sun⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sun⁴⁴⁻³³ sun⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: tsiX tsiX swon swon
Rime :
| Character | 子 | 孫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) | 魂 (55) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 即里切 | 思渾切 |
| Baxter | tsiX | swon |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sɨ$^X$/ | /suən/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sɨ$^X$/ | /suon/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sie$^X$/ | /suən/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sɨ$^X$/ | /swən/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡siə$^X$/ | /suən/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sĭə$^X$/ | /suən/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡si$^X$/ | /suən/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zǐ | sūn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^2$ | syun$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tsəʔ tsəʔ [s]ˤu[n] [s]ˤu[n]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslɯʔ ʔslɯʔ suːn suːn/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 子 | 孫 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zǐ | sūn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsi$^X$ › | ‹ swon › |
| Old Chinese | /*tsəʔ/ | /*[s]ˁu[n]/ |
| English | child; gentleman, master | grandchild; descendant |
| 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 | 子 | 孫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 17857 | 12178 |
| Phonetic component | 子 | 孫 |
| Rime group | 之 | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 子 | 孫 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔslɯʔ/ | /*suːn/ |

### Noun

子子孫孫
* generation after generation of descendants
    From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE
    Yù zhìyú wàn nián, wéi wáng zǐzǐsūnsūn yǒng bǎomín. [Pinyin]
    I say so simply from my wish that (your dynasty) may continue for myriads of years, and your descendants always be the protectors of the people.