息子

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Chinese

rest; news; interest
rest; news; interest; breath
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
simp. and trad.
(息子) 		息 子
anagram 子息

Pronunciation

Noun

息子

  1. (archaic) (one's) biological son
  2. (dialectal) great-grandson

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 曾孫 (“great-grandson; great-grandchild”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 曾孫, 曾孫子
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 曾孫兒
Taiwan 曾孫
Harbin 重孫子, 重孫兒
Singapore 曾孫
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 重孫, 重孫子
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 重孫子
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 重孫子
Wanrong 重孫
Xi'an 重孫
Xining 重孫子
Xuzhou 重孫兒, 重孫, 曾孫兒, 曾孫, 四世孫兒, 四世孫
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 重孫子
Lanzhou 重孫, 男重孫 †
Ürümqi 重孫子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 灰灰兒
Wuhan 重孫子, 重孫
Guiyang 重孫孫, 重孫
Guilin 重孫子
Liuzhou 息子, 息, 重孫, 息崽 †
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 重重, 重孫 †
Yangzhou 重孫子
Nantong 重孫兒
Cantonese Guangzhou 息
Hong Kong 息
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 息
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 息
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 息
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 息
Macau 息
Guangzhou (Panyu) 息
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 息
Guangzhou (Conghua) 息
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 息
Foshan 息
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 息
Foshan (Shunde) 嘞
Foshan (Sanshui) 息
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 息
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 息
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 息
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 息
Zhuhai (Doumen) 息
Jiangmen (Baisha) 息
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 息
Taishan 息
Kaiping (Chikan) 息
Enping (Niujiang) 息
Heshan (Yayao) 息
Dongguan 息
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 息
Qingyuan 息, 息仔
Fogang 息
Yingde (Hanguang) 息仔
Yangshan 息
Lianshan (Butian) 息
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 息
Shaoguan 息
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 息
Renhua 息仔
Lechang 息仔
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 息仔
Sihui 息
Guangning 息
Deqing 息
Huaiji 息
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 息
Yunfu 息仔
Xinxing 息
Luoding 息
Yunan (Pingtai) 息
Xinyi 息
Lianjiang 息, 息仔
Nanning 息, 息仔
Wuzhou 息
Yulin 息
Hepu (Lianzhou) 曾孫
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 息
Singapore (Guangfu) 息
Gan Nanchang 曾孫子, 曾孫
Lichuan 曾孫崽, 曾孫
Pingxiang 曾孫
Hakka Meixian 息仔
Xingning 息哩
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 阿息
Huidong (Daling) 息仔
Dongguan (Qingxi) 息仔
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 息孫
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 息子
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 息哩
Wuhua (Huacheng) 息哩
Wuhua (Changbu) 息哩
Wuhua (Mianyang) 息哩
Heyuan (Bendihua) 阿息
Wengyuan 息子
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 息子
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 息仔
Liannan 息子
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 息
Jiexi 息
Luhe 息仔
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 重孫
Changting 息嫲哩
Wuping 息嫲子
Wuping (Yanqian) 息子
Wuping (Pingyu) 息子
Liancheng 息哩
Ninghua 息孫
Yudu 曾孫, 息孫
Ningdu 重孫
Ruijin 曾孫
Shicheng 玄孫
Tonggu (Sandu) 曾孫
Ganzhou (Panlong) 曾孫
Dayu 曾孫
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 息仔, 息嫲
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 息仔, 息嫲
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 息仔, 息嫲
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 息, 息嫲
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 息仔, 息嫲
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 曾孫, 玄孫
Hong Kong 息
Yangxi (Tangkou) 息
Yangchun (Sanjia) 息仔
Xinyi (Sihe) 息
Xinyi (Qianpai) 息
Gaozhou (Xindong) 倈
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 息
Huazhou (Xin'an) 息
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 息子
Lianjiang (Qingping) 孫息, 息子
Mengshan (Xihe) 息孫
Luchuan 曾孫
Luchuan (Daqiao) 重孫
Sabah (Longchuan) 息仔
Senai (Huiyang) 息
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 孫息
Singkawang 息孫
Huizhou Jixi 重孫
Jin Taiyuan 重孫子
Xinzhou 重孫
Northern Min Jian'ou 息仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 曾孫
Southern Min Xiamen 橄欖孫
Quanzhou 橄欖孫
Jinjiang 橄欖孫
Zhangzhou 橄欖孫
Taipei 橄欖孫
New Taipei (Sanxia) 橄欖孫
Kaohsiung 橄欖孫
Yilan 橄欖孫
Changhua (Lukang) 橄欖孫
Taichung 橄欖孫
Taichung (Wuqi) 橄欖孫
Tainan 橄欖孫
Taitung 橄欖孫
Hsinchu 橄欖孫
Kinmen 橄欖孫
Penghu (Magong) 橄欖孫
Penang (Hokkien) 橄欖孫
Manila (Hokkien) 橄欖孫
Pingnan (Shangdu) 息仔
Shantou 重孫
Bangkok (Teochew) 重孫
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 橄欖孫
Leizhou 息
Haikou 息, 妰𡝃息 †
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 息
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 孫息, 息仔, 重孫仔
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 重孫子
Wu Shanghai 曾孫, 玄孫
Shanghai (Chongming) 玄孫
Suzhou 玄孫
Danyang 重孫
Hangzhou 重孫
Ningbo 重孫
Wenzhou 玄孫
Jinhua 玄孫
Xiang Changsha 曾孫子
Loudi 曾孫
Quanzhou 重孫, 息崽
Note † - distinguishes male gender from gender-neutral term

Japanese

Kanji in this term
息 子
むす
Grade: 3 		こ
Grade: 1
irregular kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
息 (rare)

Etymology

Compound of 生(む)す (musu, “to beget”) + 子(こ) (ko, “child”). 息 is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Middle Chinese 息子.

Pronunciation

Noun

息(むす)子(こ) • (musuko) 

  1. (humble) a son (male child)
    • 1985 December 20, Taeko Watanabe, “第(だい)四(よん)十(じゅう)八(はち)話(わ)　家(か)族(ぞく) Ⅰ(いち) [Chapter 48: Family I]”, in ファミリー！ [Family!], volume 11 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 72:
      シアトルからＬＡ(ここ)へは…息(むす)子(こ)を尋(たず)ねてきました…ぼくは———ジョナサン・アレンの父(ちち)親(おや)です
      Shiatoru kara koko e wa… musuko o tazunete kimashita …Boku wa ———Jonasan Aren no chichioya desu
      I came here to LA from Seattle… to look for my son …I am —Jonathan Allen’s father
    • 1994 November 4 [1993 June 17], Yozaburo Kanari with Sato, Fumiya, “異(い)人(じん)館(かん)村(むら)殺(さつ)人(じん)事(じ)件(けん)⑪(じゅういち) [The Western-Style Village Murder Case #11]”, in 金(きん)田(だ)一(いち)少(しょう)年(ねん)の事(じ)件(けん)簿(ぼ) (金(きん)田(だ)一(いち)少(しょう)年(ねん)の事(じ)件(けん)簿(ぼ)) [Young Kindaichi Case Files], 9th edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 84:
      彼(かれ)は‥‥竜(りゅう)一(いち)は私(わたし)の息(むす)子(こ)なんだ‼
      Kare wa‥‥ Ryūichi wa watashi no musuko na n da‼
      He’s‥‥ Ryūichi is really my son!!
    • 2009 January 10, Masami Tsuda, “第(だい)一(いち)話(わ)　石(いし)の薔(ば)薇(ら)と氷(こおり)の桜(さくら) [Chapter 1: Stone Rose and Ice Cherry Blossom]”, in ちょっと江戸まで [Just Going to Edo], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Hakusensha, →ISBN, pages 10–11:
      儂(わし)は好(す)き放(ほう)題(だい)に生(い)きてきた……決(けっ)してひとに褒(ほ)められるような人(じん)生(せい)ではなかった…………が…ただひとつ誇(ほこ)れるものがある…お前(まえ)を息(むす)子(こ)に持(も)ったことさ…！アディオス
      Washi wa suki hōdai ni ikite kita…… Kesshite hito ni homerareru yō na jinsei de wa nakatta………… ga… tada hitotsu hokoreru mono ga aru… Omae o musuko ni motta koto sa…! Adiosu
      I’ve lived in self-indulgence all my life… It’s by no means a life worth praising… But… there’s still one thing I’ve always been proud of… That’s having you as my son…! Adiós!
  2. (euphemistic, humorous) penis
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:陰茎

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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