# 孫子
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): sūnzi
       (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄣ ˙ㄗ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): сунзы (sunzɨ, I-0)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): syun$^1$ zi$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): sun$^1$ zi
* Jin (Wiktionary): sung$^1$ zeh
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^1$sen-tsy$_5$ / $^1$sen-tsy$_3$ / $^1$sen $^1$tsy$_3$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sen$^1$ zr
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sūnzi
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄣ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sunzi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: sun$^1$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: swūn-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suen.tzy
*** Palladius: суньцзы (sunʹczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /su̯ən⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: сунзы (sunzɨ, I-0)
*** Sinological IPA : /suŋ²⁴ t͡sz̩⁰/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: syun$^1$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: syūn jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: syn$^1$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xun$^1$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /syːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$孫子 / 孙子 宣旨 宣紙 / 宣纸
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: sun$^1$ zi
*** Sinological IPA : /sun⁴² t͡sz̩²/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: sung$^1$ zeh
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /suŋ¹¹ t͡səʔ²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$sen-tsy$_5$
*** MiniDict: sen$^平$ tsy$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$sen-tsr$_2$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sən⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^1$sen-tsy$_3$
*** MiniDict: sen$^平$ tsy$^上$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /sən⁴⁴ t͡sz̩/
** (Northern: Jiaxing)
*** Wugniu: $^1$sen $^1$tsy$_3$
*** MiniDict: sen$^平$ tsy$^上$
*** Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /sən⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: sen$^1$ zr
*** Sinological IPA : /sən³³ t͡sz̩³/

#### Noun

孫子
* grandson (son's son)
* grandchild
* (dialectal Mandarin, derogatory, vulgar) bastard; good-for-nothing
       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.
       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):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 孫, 孫兒 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 孫子, 內孫 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 孫子, 孫夥計 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 孫子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 孫子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 孫, 孫子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 孫子兒, 孫子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 孫子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 孫子, 孫兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 裡甥子, 孫子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 孫兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 孫子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 孫娃子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 孫子, 孫兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 孫子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 孫子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 孫娃子, 男孫子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 孫子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 孫兒, 家孫兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 孫子, 孫娃子 young, dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 孫孫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 孫子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 孫子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 孫子, 孫崽, 孫 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 孫子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 孫子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 孫子, 孫兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 孫子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 孫兒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 孫, 孫仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 孫, 孫仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 孫仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 孫仔 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 孫, 孫仔 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 孫, 孫仔 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 孫 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 兒孫 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 孫仔 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 孫, 孫仔 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 孫子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 孫崽 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 孫, 孫子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 孫仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 阿孫, 孫 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 阿孫 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 阿孫 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 阿孫 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 孫仔 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 孫 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 孫 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 男孫 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 孫仔 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 孫仔, 孫子 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 孫子 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 孫子 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 孫哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 孫哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 孫哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 孫哩 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 阿孫 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 孫 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 孫 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 孫 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 阿孫 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 孫 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 孫子 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 阿孫 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 孫 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 孫子 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 孫仔 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 阿孫 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 孫仔 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 阿孫 |
| Hakka | Changting | 孫哩 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 孫子 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 孫哩 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 孫子, 孫 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 孫子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 孫子 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 孫子 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 孫子 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 孫子 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 孫哩 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 孫仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 孫仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 孫仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 孫 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 孫仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 孫 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 孫仔 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 孫子 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 孫仔 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 孫 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 孫 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 孫 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 孫 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 孫子 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 孫子 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 孫, 阿孫 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 孫 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 孫 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 孫子 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 孫仔 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 孫仔 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 孫 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 孫 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 孫子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 孫子 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 孫子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 孫子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 孫子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 孫仔 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 孫仔 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 孫 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 孫仔 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 孫仔 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 孫仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 孫, 孫囝, 丈夫孫 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 孫 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 孫, 孫囝 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 孫囝 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 孫 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 孫 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 孫 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 孫囝 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 孫 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 孫囝 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 孫 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 孫, 孫仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 孫, 孫仔 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 丈夫孫 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 孫 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 孫仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 孫 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 孫仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 孫 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 孫 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 孫 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 孫 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 孫, 孫仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 孫 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 孫 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 孫 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 孫 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 孫, 丈夫孫 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 孫, 孫仔, 內孫 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 孫仔 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 孫 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 孫 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 孫 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 孫, 孫囝 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 孫仔 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 孫, 內孫 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 孫囝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 孫, 孫囝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 孫 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 孫, 公爹孫, 丈夫孫 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 孫, 孫囝 young |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 孫 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 孫 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 內頭孫 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 孫, 孫崽 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 孫子 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 孫 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 孫 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 孫 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 孫 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 孫仔 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 孫 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 孫仔 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 孫 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 孫 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 孫 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 孫 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 孫 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 孫仔 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 孫子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 孫子, 孫男子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 孫子 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 孫子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 孫子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 孫子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 孫子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 孫兒, 孫 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 孫兒, 孫 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 孫崽子, 孫崽, 孫伢子, 孫子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 孫 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 孫 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 孫 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 孫崽 |
* (good-for-nothing):
* 吃貨 / 吃货 (chīhuò)
* 廢品 / 废品 (fèipǐn)
* 沒有用的人 / 没有用的人 (méiyǒu yòng de rén)
* 混混兒 / 混混儿 (dialectal)
* 窩囊廢 / 窝囊废 (wōnangfèi)
* 衣架飯囊 / 衣架饭囊
* 阿斗 (ādǒu)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 廢物 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 窩囊廢, 廢物點心 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 窩囊廢, 廢物點心, 膿包, 飯桶, 熊貨, 熊蛋, 熊包, 熊蛋包, 熊屄, 熊包軟蛋, 癟子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 飯桶 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 窩囊廢, 膿包, 飯桶 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 飯桶, 熊蛋, 熊蛋包, 熊人, 熊的, 熊大堆兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 㞞包, 窩囊廢, 騾子球, 飯桶, 草包 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 膿包, 㞞包, 草包 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 窩囊廢, 肉頭, 廢物, 飯桶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 飯桶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 儾惇, 儾, 窩囊廢 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 窩囊廢, 肉頭, 飯桶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 窩囊廢, 囊㞞, 㞞包, 乏㞞, 囊包, 飯桶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 膿包, 飯桶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 飯桶, 齋貨, 齋行頭, 㞞頭, 齋公, 齋雞子, 齋脈子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 飯桶, 草包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 膿包, 飯桶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 膿包, 膿包鬼, 飯桶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 廢料, 飯桶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 大泡和, 廢物 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 廢柴, 廢拉, 廢拉柴, 廢J |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 廢忽丁 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 膿包, 飯桶 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蠢貨, 廢人仔, 阿婆官 humorous |
| Hakka | Yudu | 膿包 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 飯桶 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 飯桶 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 飯桶 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 飯桶 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 飯桶 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 飯桶 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 飯桶 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 苶毬, 窩囊廢, 廢物, 膿包 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 㞞漢, 膿包, 菜包子, 菜貨 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 飯桶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 飯桶, 廢人, 草包 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 飯桶, 飯桶仙, 軟母, 草包 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 飯桶, 飯桶仙, 草包 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 飯桶, 飯桶仙, 軟母, 統雞, 草包 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 飯桶, 落屎馬 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 飯桶 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 無頂用 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 飯桶 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 飯桶, 草包 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 飯桶, 草包 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 飯桶, 草包 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 飯桶 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 飯桶, 草包 |
| Wu | Danyang | 膿包, 飯桶, 草包 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 飯桶, 草包 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 飯桶, 草包 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 飯桶 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 拖病人, 㞞人, 飯桶 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 尿泡, 草袋子, 草寶, 飯桶, 草包 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 飯桶 |

##### 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
* (Beijing Mandarin) timid; cowardly
* (Beijing Mandarin, of one's behaviour) disgusting; revolting

##### Derived terms

* 裝孫子 / 装孙子 (zhuāngsūnzi)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sūnzǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄣ ㄗˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): syun$^1$ zi$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sūnzǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄣ ㄗˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sunzǐh
*** Wade–Giles: sun$^1$-tzŭ$^3$
*** Yale: swūn-dž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suentzyy
*** Palladius: суньцзы (sunʹczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /su̯ən⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: syun$^1$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: syūn jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: syn$^1$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xun$^1$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /syːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$孫子 / 孙子 宣旨 宣紙 / 宣纸
* Middle Chinese: swon tsiX
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 |
| Baxter | swon | tsiX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /suən/ | /t͡sɨ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /suon/ | /t͡sɨ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /suən/ | /t͡sie$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /swən/ | /t͡sɨ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /suən/ | /t͡siə$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /suən/ | /t͡sĭə$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /suən/ | /t͡si$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | sūn | zǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | syun$^1$ | zi$^2$ |
* 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 › | ‹ tsi$^X$ › |
| 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
* (literary) posterity; descendants

##### Synonyms

* 下輩 / 下辈 (xiàbèi)
* 仔孫 / 仔孙 (zai$^2$ syun$^1$) (Cantonese)
* 兒孫 / 儿孙 (érsūn)
* 囝孫 / 囝孙 (Min)
* 子孫 / 子孙 (zǐsūn)
* 子胤 (zǐyìn) (literary)
* 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)
* 根 (gēn) (figurative)
* 緒餘 / 绪余 (xùyú) (literary)
* 苗 (miáo) (literary, or in compounds)
* 遺裔 / 遗裔 (yíyì) (literary)
* 餘緒 / 余绪 (yúxù) (literary)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Sūnzǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄣ ㄗˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): syun$^1$ zi$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Sūnzǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄣ ㄗˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Sunzǐh
*** Wade–Giles: Sun$^1$-tzŭ$^3$
*** Yale: Swūn-dž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Suentzyy
*** Palladius: Суньцзы (Sunʹczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /su̯ən⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: syun$^1$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: syūn jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: syn$^1$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xun$^1$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /syːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$孫子 / 孙子 宣旨 宣紙 / 宣纸

#### Proper noun

孫子
* Sun Tzu (military general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period, 544–496 BCE)
* The Art of War
* Sunzi, author of the mathematical treatise Sunzi Suanjing

##### Synonyms

* (Sun Tzu): 孫武子／孙武子 (Sūn Wǔzǐ)

##### Derived terms

* 孫子兵法 / 孙子兵法 (Sūnzǐ Bīngfǎ)

##### Descendants

* → 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 is a variant form of 荀子).

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 孫 | 子 |
| そん Grade: 4 | し Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||
From Chinese 孫子 / 孙子.

#### Proper noun

孫(そん)子(し) • (Sonshi)
* 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

* (Tokyo) まごこ [màgóꜜkò] (Nakadaka – [2])
* IPA: [ma̠ɡo̞ko̞]

#### Noun

孫(まご)子(こ) • (magoko)
* Synonym of 子孫 (shison, “grandchildren and children; descendants”)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 孫 | 子 |

### Noun

孫子 • (sonja) (hangeul 손자)
* hanja form of 손자 (“grandson, grandchild”)

### Proper noun

孫子 • (Sonja) (hangeul 손자)
* hanja form of 손자 (“Sun Tzu”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 孫 | 子 |

### Proper noun

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