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子孙 (zǐ sūn): Descendants (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

子孙 consists of 2 characters.

child, offspring, seed, small thing

grandson, descendant

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Pinyinzǐ sūn

MeaningDescendants

Characters2

HSK3.0 Level 7-9

SyntaxNoun

Word子孙

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How to Use 子孙 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 子孙 with other words naturally.

Subject + Predicatewith满堂

zǐ子

sūn孙

mǎn满

táng堂

neutral

a house full of descendants

Idiomwith炎黄

Yán炎

Huáng黄

zǐ子

sūn孙

Verb + Objectwith造福

zào造

fú福

zǐ子

sūn孙

Noun + Nounwith后代

zǐ子

sūn孙

hòu后

dài代

4.

Example Sentences with 子孙

zhè这

shì是

wǒ我

men们

de的

zǐ子

sūn孙

formal

descendants of Yan and Huang

formal

benefit future generations

formal

descendants and future generations

。

These are our descendants.

wǒ我

men们

bì必

xū须

wèi为

zǐ子

sūn孙

liú留

xià下

yí一

gè个

kě可

chí持

xù续

fā发

zhǎn展

de的

shēng生

tài态

huán环

jìng境

。

We must leave a sustainable ecological environment for our descendants.

nán难

dào道

nǐ你

bù不

guān关

xīn心

zǐ子

sūn孙

wèi未

lái来

de的

shēng生

huó活

zhì质

liàng量

ma吗

？

Don't you care about the quality of life for future generations?

fù父

mǔ母

nǔ努

lì力

gōng工

zuò作

shì是

wèi为

le了

ràng让

zǐ子

sūn孙

guò过

shàng上

gèng更

hǎo好

de的

shēng生

huó活

。

Parents work hard to ensure a better life for their descendants.

tā他

cóng从

wèi未

kǎo考

lǜ虑

guò过

zǐ子

sūn孙

huì会

rú如

hé何

píng评

jià价

tā他

de的

xíng行

wéi为

。

He never considered how his descendants would judge his actions.

zhè这

xiē些

chuán传

tǒng统

jì技

yì艺

xū需

yào要

chuán传

chéng承

xià下

qù去

，

ràng让

zǐ子

sūn孙

yě也

néng能

zhǎng掌

wò握

。

These traditional skills need to be passed down so that descendants can also master them.

bǎo保

hù护

huán环

jìng境

shì是

wèi为

le了

zǐ子

sūn孙

hòu后

dài代

néng能

yǒu有

yí一

gè个

jiàn健

kāng康

de的

dì地

qiú球

。

Protecting the environment is for the sake of future generations having a healthy planet.

wǒ我

men们

dé得

hǎo好

hǎo好

guī规

huà划

cái财

wù务

，

què确

bǎo保

zǐ子

sūn孙

de的

jiào教

yù育

wú无

yōu忧

。

We need to plan our finances well to ensure our descendants' education is worry-free.

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妻子qī ziHSK 2
孩子hái ziHSK 2
本子běn ziHSK 2
个子gè ziHSK 3

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