來孫

See also: 来孙

Chinese

		to come	grandson
trad. (來孫)		來	孫
simp. (来孙)		来	孙
alternative forms		徠孫／徕孙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láisūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ㄙㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ syun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láisūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄙㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láisun
    • Wade–Giles: lai²-sun¹
    • Yale: lái-swūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laisuen
    • Palladius: лайсунь (lajsunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ su̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loi⁴ syun¹
    • Yale: lòih syūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴ syn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴ xun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹ syːn⁵⁵/

Noun

來孫

1. (literary) great-great-great-grandson (in a male lineage)

   • 來孫却見九州同，家祭如何告乃翁！ [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     来孙却见九州同，家祭如何告乃翁！ [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1279, 林景熙,《書陸放翁詩巻後》(Written On Lu Fangweng's Poetry)

     Láisūn què jiàn jiǔzhōu tóng, jiājì rúhé gào nǎiwēng! [Pinyin]

     Four generations passed, your heirs now witness a united realm;
     Yet how shall this truth be announced at your ancestral rite?

Usage notes

In modern Chinese, 曾孫／曾孙 (zēngsūn) and 玄孫／玄孙 (xuánsūn) are still in common use, while terms from this on have largely fallen out of use. Take this for example, it is now common to say 五世孫 / 五世孙 (literally “descendant of the fifth generation”). Note that the number counts from the son, i.e., the son is the descendant of the first generation, though numbers less than five are not used practically.

Related terms

• 曾孫／曾孙 (zēngsūn)
• 玄孫／玄孙 (xuánsūn)
• 晜孫／晜孙 (kūnsūn)
• 耳孫／耳孙 (réngsūn)
• 雲孫／云孙 (yúnsūn)