曾孫

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See also: 曾孙

Chinese

(refers to something that happened previously); already; at some time in the past
(refers to something that happened previously); already; at some time in the past; before; once; great-grand (father)
 
grandson
trad. (曾孫)
simp. (曾孙)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (13) (16)
Final () (129) (55)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter tsong swon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡səŋ/ /suən/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡səŋ/ /suon/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡səŋ/ /suən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡səŋ/ /swən/
Li
Rong
/t͡səŋ/ /suən/
Wang
Li
/t͡səŋ/ /suən/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡səŋ/ /suən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zēng sūn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zang1 syun1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zēng sūn
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsong › ‹ swon ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁəŋ/ /*ˁu/
English remote (ancestor) grandchild; descendant

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 16616 12178
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsɯːŋ/ /*suːn/
Notes

Noun

曾孫

  1. great-grandson (in a male lineage)

Synonyms