长孙

長孫
zhǎngsūn
noun #79,147

Meanings

  1. 1 eldest grandson
  2. 2 the firstborn son of one's eldest son
  3. 3 (also) Zhangsun, a two-character Chinese surname

Examples

Tā shì jiā lǐ de zhǎngsūn, cóng xiǎo shòudào zǔfùmǔ de téng'ài.
He's the eldest grandson and has been doted on by his grandparents since childhood.
Táng cháo míng chén Zhǎngsūn Wújì shì huánghòu de gēge.
The famous Tang minister Zhangsun Wuji was the empress's elder brother.

Tips

culture
Two distinct uses, distinguished by capitalization in pinyin. As a common noun zhǎngsūn it means 'eldest grandson' — historically a position of inheritance significance in Chinese patrilineal families. As a surname Zhǎngsūn it's one of the rare two-character Chinese family names; the most famous bearer is 长孙 (Zhangsun Wuji, c. 594–659), brother of Empress Zhangsun and a key minister to Tang Taizong.
mistakes
here is read zhǎng (3rd tone, meaning 'eldest / senior'), NOT cháng (long). Same character, different reading: 长大 (zhǎngdà, grow up) vs. 长城 (Chángchéng, Great Wall).

Stroke Order

cháng
sūn