Sung

proper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue

A surname from Mandarin.

proper noun

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A surname from Mandarin.

Etymology

From Chinese 宋 (Sòng) Wade–Giles romanization: Sung⁴.

proper noun

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Variant of SongAlternative form of Song (Chinese dynasty)
At present the metropolitan area of Kuang-chou City alone comprises some 1,500,000 people or twice that of the Sung period for all of the two provinces.
Fish were produced in Hu-chou for sale at the Southern Sung capital.
The Sung dynasty was the great Classical Age and it is on this era that the emphasis in this book falls.
Today in Peking we repeat a phrase to our allies from the Sung dynasty, seven hundred years old. 'We are as close to you as the lips to the teeth. If the lips are gone, our teeth must chatter with cold.'

Forms

plural: Sungs

Sunday · The first day of the week in many religious traditions, and…Sundays · On Sunday; each Sunday.sundown · Sunset.

Sung · A surname from Mandarin.

sunglasses · Tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun or other…sunlight · All the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun;…sunny · Featuring a lot of sunshine.

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