孙子(sūn zǐ): Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孙武…
Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孙武…
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- sūn zǐ
- Meaning
- Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书
- HSK level
- HSK 4
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- 孫子
Appears in lessons
孙子 is taught in these textbook lessons.
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 孙子 — tap one to open its word page.
sūn孙nǚ女
HSK 4son's daughter
zǐ子sūn孙
HSK 7-9offspring
yà亚mǎ马sūn孙
Amazon
ér儿sūn孙
descendant
gōng公sūn孙
two-character surname Gongsun
míng名luò落sūn孙shān山
lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孙山 (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom)
hán含yí饴nòng弄sūn孙
lit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy (idiom)
wài外sūn孙
daughter's son
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