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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
玄孫
- great-great-grandson (in a male lineage)
- (Wu) great-grandson
- distant descendant
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
玄孫 (“great-great-grandson”)
Dialectal synonyms of
曾孫 (“great-grandson; great-grandchild”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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曾孫, 曾孫子
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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曾孫兒
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Taiwan
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曾孫
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Harbin
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重孫子, 重孫兒
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Singapore
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曾孫
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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重孫, 重孫子
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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重孫子
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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重孫子
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Wanrong
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重孫
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Xi'an
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重孫
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Xining
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重孫子
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Xuzhou
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重孫兒, 重孫, 曾孫兒, 曾孫, 四世孫兒, 四世孫
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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重孫子
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Lanzhou
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重孫, 男重孫 †
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Ürümqi
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重孫子
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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灰灰兒
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Wuhan
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重孫子, 重孫
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Guiyang
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重孫孫, 重孫
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Guilin
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重孫子
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Liuzhou
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息子, 息, 重孫, 息崽 †
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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重重, 重孫 †
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Yangzhou
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重孫子
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Nantong
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重孫兒
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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息
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Hong Kong
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息
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Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
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息
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
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息
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Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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息
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Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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息
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Macau
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息
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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息
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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息
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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息
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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息
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Foshan
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息
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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息
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Foshan (Shunde)
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嘞
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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息
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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息
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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息
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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息
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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息
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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息
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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息
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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息
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Taishan
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息
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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息
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Enping (Niujiang)
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息
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Heshan (Yayao)
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息
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Dongguan
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息
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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息
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Qingyuan
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息, 息仔
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Fogang
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息
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Yingde (Hanguang)
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息仔
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Yangshan
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息
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Lianshan (Butian)
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息
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Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
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息
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Shaoguan
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息
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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息
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Renhua
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息仔
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Lechang
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息仔
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Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
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息仔
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Sihui
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息
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Guangning
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息
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Deqing
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息
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Huaiji
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息
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Fengkai (Nanfeng)
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息
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Yunfu
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息仔
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Xinxing
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息
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Luoding
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息
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Yunan (Pingtai)
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息
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Xinyi
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息
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Lianjiang
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息, 息仔
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Nanning
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息, 息仔
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Wuzhou
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息
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Yulin
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息
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Hepu (Lianzhou)
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曾孫
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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息
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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息
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Gan
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Nanchang
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曾孫子, 曾孫
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Lichuan
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曾孫崽, 曾孫
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Pingxiang
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曾孫
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Hakka
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Meixian
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息仔
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Xingning
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息哩
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Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
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阿息
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Huidong (Daling)
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息仔
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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息仔
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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息孫
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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息子
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Wuhua (Shuizhai)
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息哩
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Wuhua (Huacheng)
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息哩
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Wuhua (Changbu)
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息哩
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Wuhua (Mianyang)
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息哩
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Heyuan (Bendihua)
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阿息
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Wengyuan
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息子
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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息子
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Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
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息仔
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Liannan
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息子
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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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息
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Jiexi
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息
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Luhe
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息仔
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Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
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重孫
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Changting
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息嫲哩
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Wuping
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息嫲子
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Wuping (Yanqian)
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息子
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Wuping (Pingyu)
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息子
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Liancheng
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息哩
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Ninghua
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息孫
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Yudu
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曾孫, 息孫
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Ningdu
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重孫
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Ruijin
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曾孫
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Shicheng
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玄孫
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Tonggu (Sandu)
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曾孫
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Ganzhou (Panlong)
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曾孫
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Dayu
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曾孫
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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息仔, 息嫲
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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息仔, 息嫲
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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息仔, 息嫲
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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息, 息嫲
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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息仔, 息嫲
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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曾孫, 玄孫
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Hong Kong
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息
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Yangxi (Tangkou)
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息
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Yangchun (Sanjia)
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息仔
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Xinyi (Sihe)
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息
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Xinyi (Qianpai)
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息
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Gaozhou (Xindong)
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倈
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Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
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息
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Huazhou (Xin'an)
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息
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Lianjiang (Shijiao)
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息子
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Lianjiang (Qingping)
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孫息, 息子
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Mengshan (Xihe)
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息孫
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Luchuan
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曾孫
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Luchuan (Daqiao)
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重孫
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Sabah (Longchuan)
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息仔
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Senai (Huiyang)
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息
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Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
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孫息
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Singkawang
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息孫
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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重孫
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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重孫子
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Xinzhou
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重孫
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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息仔
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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曾孫
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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橄欖孫
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Quanzhou
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橄欖孫
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Jinjiang
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橄欖孫
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Zhangzhou
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橄欖孫
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Taipei
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橄欖孫
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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橄欖孫
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Kaohsiung
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橄欖孫
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Yilan
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橄欖孫
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Changhua (Lukang)
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橄欖孫
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Taichung
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橄欖孫
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Taichung (Wuqi)
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橄欖孫
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Tainan
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橄欖孫
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Taitung
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橄欖孫
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Hsinchu
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橄欖孫
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Kinmen
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橄欖孫
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Penghu (Magong)
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橄欖孫
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Penang (Hokkien)
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橄欖孫
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Manila (Hokkien)
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橄欖孫
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Pingnan (Shangdu)
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息仔
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Shantou
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重孫
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Bangkok (Teochew)
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重孫
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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橄欖孫
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Leizhou
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息
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Haikou
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息, 妰𡝃息 †
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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息
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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孫息, 息仔, 重孫仔
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Northern Pinghua
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Guilin (Dahe)
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重孫子
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Wu
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Shanghai
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曾孫, 玄孫
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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玄孫
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Suzhou
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玄孫
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Danyang
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重孫
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Hangzhou
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重孫
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Ningbo
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重孫
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Wenzhou
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玄孫
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Jinhua
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玄孫
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Xiang
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Changsha
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曾孫子
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Loudi
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曾孫
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Quanzhou
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重孫, 息崽
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Note
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† - distinguishes male gender from gender-neutral term
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Antonyms
See also
Japanese
Etymology 1
Shift from yashiwago.[1][2][3] Compare a similar contraction process in そりゃ (sorya) from それは (sore wa).
First attested in 1614.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
玄孫 • (yashago)
- a descendant four generations down: a great-great-grandchild, the grandchild of a grandchild
Etymology 2
From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720.[1]
Compound of やしわ (yashiwa, from ancient yasipa, of uncertain meaning, possibly “great-grandchild”?) + 子 (ko, “child”).[1][3][5]
Pronunciation
Noun
玄孫 • (yashiwago) ←やしはご (yasifago)?
- (archaic, possibly dialect) a descendant four generations down: a great-great-grandchild, the grandchild of a grandchild
Etymology 3
Ultimately from Middle Chinese 玄孫 (MC hwen swon).
First attested in Japanese in a portion of the Shoku Nihongi dated to 701.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
玄孫 • (genson)
- a descendant four generations down: a great-great-grandchild, the grandchild of a grandchild
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN