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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.
zǐ
子
child, offspring, seed, small thing
sūn
孙
grandson, descendant

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 子孙.

Words with 子
  • 儿子ér ziHSK 1
  • 杯子bēi ziHSK 1
  • 桌子zhuō ziHSK 1
  • 椅子yǐ ziHSK 1
  • 妻子qī ziHSK 2
  • 孩子hái ziHSK 2
  • 个子gè ziHSK 3
  • 句子jù ziHSK 3
Words with 孙
  • 孙子sūn ziHSK 4
  • 孙女sūn nǚ

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

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?
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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
zhè这
xiē些
chuán传
tǒng统
jì技
yì艺
xū需
yào要
chuán传
chéng
bǎo保
hù护
huán环
jìng境
shì是
wèi为
le了
zǐ子
sūn孙
wǒ我
men们
dé得
hǎo好
hǎo好
guī规
huà划
cái财
wù务
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.
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.
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.
，
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.