HSK 4 · Family

孙子 sūnzi “grandson” in Chinese

Traditional 孫子

What 孙子 means

  1. grandson
  2. son’s son

How to say 孙子

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale孙sūn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own子zineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

孙子 in a sentence

  1. 我的孙子还是个婴儿。

    Wǒ de sūnzi hái shì ge yīng'ér.

    My grandson is still a baby.

    Sentence #816816 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 可能我的孙子会是登陆火星的第一人。

    Kěnéng wǒ de sūnzi huì shì dēnglù Huǒxīng de dìyī rén.

    Maybe my grandson will be the first person to land on Mars.

    Sentence #819696 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 有一位奶奶带着小孙子上学。

    Yǒu yí wèi nǎinai dài zhe xiǎo sūnzi shàngxué.

    A grandmother is taking her little grandson to school.

    Sentence #382938 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 孙子 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 孙 (sūn) with each of its parts in a different colour
孙sūngrandson
  • 子child · zǐ
  • 小small · xiǎo
The character 子 (zi) with each of its parts in a different colour
子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子 “chair”
  • 了clear · le
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA baby with its arms out and its legs wrapped up.

How to write 孙子

孙 6 strokes · 子 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

孙子 (sūnzi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 孙子 (sūnzi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 孙子

Words with 子

儿子érzi · son椅子yǐzi · chair桌子zhuōzi · table杯子bēizi · cup妻子qīzi · wife孩子háizi · child本子běnzi · book子zi · (common noun suffix)裤子kùzi · pants帽子màozi · hat

More words: People, Body & Health

父亲fùqīn · father母亲mǔqīn · mother年龄niánlíng · (a person’s) age亲戚qīnqi · a relative (i.e. family relation)小伙子xiǎohuǒzi · young man友谊yǒuyì · companionship作者zuòzhě · author肚子dùzi · belly

FAQs

孙子 (sūnzi) means “grandson” or “son’s son”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it sūnzi: sūn with a 1st tone, then zi with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 孙子 is written 孫子. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type sunzi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 孙子 from the suggestions. Typing sunzi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
孙子 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.