公孫

See also: 公孙

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	grandson
trad. (公孫)		公	孫
simp. (公孙)		公	孙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngsūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ syun¹
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gorng¹ song¹ / gorng¹ suong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Kong-sun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngsūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongsun
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-sun¹
    • Yale: gūng-swūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongsuen
    • Palladius: гунсунь (gunsunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ su̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ syun¹
    • Yale: gūng syūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ syn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ xun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ syːn⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gorng¹ song¹ [Phonetic: gorng⁵ nong¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ ^(ɬ-)nɔŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gorng¹ suong¹ [Phonetic: gorng⁵ nuong¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ ^(ɬ-)nuoŋ⁵³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kong-sun
    • Tâi-lô: Kong-sun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongswn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ sun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sun⁴⁴/

Noun

公孫

1. (literary) grandson of a feudal lord
2. (literary) a respectful form of address for the grandson of an aristocratic bureaucrat

See also

• 公子 (gōngzǐ)

Proper noun

公孫

1. a surname (no longer common in modern times)

   公孫瓚／公孙瓒  ―  Gōngsūn Zàn  ―  Gongsun Zan (warlord during the late Eastern Han Dynasty)

Derived terms

• 公孫樹／公孙树 (gōngsūnshù)

 

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “公孙”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 233.