叔孫

Chinese

		paternal uncle; father's younger brother	grandson; (Min) nephew
trad. (叔孫)		叔	孫
simp. (叔孙)		叔	孙

Pronunciation 1

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chek-sun

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêg⁴ sung¹

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): jib⁴ sung¹

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-sun
    • Tâi-lô: tsik-sun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zekswn
    • IPA (Penang): /t͡sek̚³⁻⁴ sun³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ sun⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêg⁴ sung¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsek sung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sek̚²⁻⁴ suŋ³³/
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: jib⁴ sung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sip̚⁵ suŋ³⁵/

Noun

叔孫

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Teochew, Leizhou Min) paternal uncle (father's younger brother) and his nephew
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) distant relative
   • 1932, 菜瓜花鸞英為夫守節歌（下本）‎^[1], Chiayi: 玉珍漢書部:

     並無叔孫相照顧　亦無朋友來扶助 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     并无叔孙相照顾　亦无朋友来扶助 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     pēng bô chek-sun saⁿ chiàu-kò͘, iā bô pêng-iú lâi hû-chō͘ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     She didn't even have distant relatives to take care of her, nor did she have friends to help her.

Synonyms

• (paternal uncle and his nephew): 叔姪／叔侄 (shūzhí); (Teochew) 叔孫囝／叔孙囝

Derived terms

• 叔孫兄弟／叔孙兄弟

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shūsūn, Shúsūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄙㄨㄣ, ㄕㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ syun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shūsūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄙㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shusun
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-sun¹
    • Yale: shū-swūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shusuen
    • Palladius: шусунь (šusunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ su̯ən⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shúsūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shúsun
    • Wade–Giles: shu²-sun¹
    • Yale: shú-swūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwusuen
    • Palladius: шусунь (šusunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu³⁵ su̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: suk¹ syun¹
    • Yale: sūk syūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ syn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ xun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ syːn⁵⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-tiwk  [s]ˤu[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljɯwɢ  suːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	叔	孫
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shū	sūn
Middle Chinese	‹ syuwk ›	‹ swon ›
Old Chinese	/*s-tiwk/	/*[s]ˁu[n]/
English	3rd of 4 brothers	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	叔	孫
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11759	12178
Phonetic component	尗	孫
Rime group	覺	文
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	叔	孫
Old Chinese	/*hljɯwɢ/	/*suːn/

Proper noun

叔孫

1. Shusun, a historical surname (originally from a 氏 [hereditary house] in the state of 魯 [Lu])

   叔孫宣伯／叔孙宣伯  ―  Shūsūn Xuānbó  ―  Lord Xuan of Shusun (posthumous appellation of Qiaoru, fl. c. 7th century BCE)

   叔孫通／叔孙通  ―  Shūsūn Tōng  ―  Shusun Tong (fl. c. 3rd century BCE)