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son
HSK 1
children; sons and daughters
HSK 3
grandson / son's son
HSK 4
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  *准* | 准* | *准
accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para-
HSK 3
son's daughter / granddaughter
HSK 4
children; sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love)
HSK 5
to have both a son and a daughter
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  *儿* | 儿* | *儿
child / son
daughter's husband; son-in-law
HSK 7-9
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  *子* | 子* | *子
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
father and son
HSK 6
(historical) term used by an emperor's son or daughter to address him
prince / son of a king
HSK 6
there are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst (from Mencius 孟子)
(coll.) youngest son
a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold
adopted son
adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
daughter's son / grandson / descendant via the female line
bastard; son of a bitch
parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law / relatives by marriage
filial piety (Confucian virtue) / to be a good son or daughter
young child / (humble) my son
ideal son-in-law
benevolent father, filial son (idiom) / natural love between parents and children
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  *侄* | 侄* | *侄
brother's son; nephew
(idiom) (of a son) to carry on one's father's business or profession
Kim Jong-un (c. 1983-), third son of Kim Jong-il 金正日, supreme leader of North Korea from 2011
each sticks to his own opinion (idiom); chacun son gout
King Cheng of Zhou (1055-1021 BC), reigned 1042-1021 BC as the 2nd king of Western Zhou 西周, son of King Wu of Zhou 周武王
son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific)
adopted son / foster son
filial son
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记 / Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠|七龙珠
Shealtiel (son of Jeconiah)
the (rightful) emperor / "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation)
like father, like son (idiom)
three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence , righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom and fidelity )
Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王, played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周, and is also known as the "God of Dreams"
son of man
Matthan, son of Eleazar and father of Jakob in Matthew 1.15
sister's son / wife's sibling's son
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  *甥* | 甥* | *甥
(bound form) sister's son; nephew
a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor (proverb)
son-in-law (used by wife's family) / uncle (husband of father's sister)
Bo Yikao, eldest son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王 and the elder brother of King Wu 周武王 who was the founder of the Zhou Dynasty 周朝 of ancient China
Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army
Lee Hsien Loong (1952-), Singapore PAP politician, eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew 李光耀, prime minister from 2004
the return of a prodigal son (idiom)
the more sons, the more happiness (idiom)
the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend)
illustrious hero, spirit of the place (idiom); a place derives reflected glory from an illustrious son
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  *倩* | 倩* | *倩
pretty / winsome / to ask for sb's help / son-in-law (old)
Liu Shan (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / Taiwan pr. [Liu2 Chan2]
son-in-law
Brandon Lee (1965-1993), American actor, son of Bruce Lee
senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher
brother's son's wife; nephew's wife
son's son's wife; grandson's wife
(old) three generations (father, self and sons) / three clans (your own, your mother's, your wife's)
heir / adopted son
Ram (son of Hezron)
mother and son / interest and capital / combination of a large object and a smaller one of the same type
give birth to a son soon (propitiatory compliment to newlyweds)
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  *尧* | 尧* | *尧
surname Yao / Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of the Five legendary Emperors 五帝, second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾
(literary) (humble) my son
Jöchi (c. 1182–1227) Mongol army commander, eldest of Genghis Khan's four sons
(idiom) hedonistic son of rich parents
wealthy son-in-law / wealthy husband
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  *启* | 启* | *启
Qi son of Yu the Great , reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝 (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)
youngest son; very young son
Ahab (9th c. BC), King of Israel, son of Omri and husband of Jezebel, prominent figure in 1 Kings 16-22
your esteemed son (honorific)
son's daughter's husband / granddaughter's husband
eldest son
son, esp. the eldest son, of the wife (contrasted with 庶子)
beloved son
son of a male cousin via female line
Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of Five Legendary Emperors 五帝, second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾
the only son of a family / (functional programming or philosophy) monad
boss's son
(literary) to have no descendants; to have no son to continue one's lineage
hybrid / mixed breed / bastard / son of a bitch
loafer; wastrel; prodigal son
pampered son of a wealthy family
son orphaned of his mother
adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
father's brother's sons / paternal male cousin
Lafargue (name) / Paul Lafargue (1842-1911), French socialist and revolutionary activist, son-in-law of Karl Marx
(Catholicism) Salmon (son of Nashon)
son of a concubine or son of the wife other than her first
Cao Zhi (192-232), son of Cao Cao 曹操, noted poet and calligrapher
lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom); fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life / to have great hopes for one's offspring / to give one's child the best education as a career investment
Kim Jong-nam (1971-2017), the eldest son of Kim Jong-il 金正日
brother's son; nephew
(dialect) boss's son / rich man's son / young master
unfilial son
unfilial son / unworthy son / illegitimate son / concubine's son
Cupid, son of Venus and Mars, Roman god of love and beauty
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  *婿* | 婿* | *婿
son-in-law / husband

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