Soong

[ soong ]

noun
  1. Charles Jones, 1866–1918, Chinese merchant (father of Ai-ling, Ch'ing-ling, Mei-ling, and Tse-ven Soong).

  2. Ai-ling [ahy-ling], /ˈaɪˈlɪŋ/, 1888–1973, wife of H. H. Kung.

  1. Ching-ling or Ch’ing-ling [ching-ling], /ˈtʃɪŋˈlɪŋ/, 1892–1981, widow of Sun Yat-sen.

  2. Mei-ling or Mayling [mey-ling], /ˈmeɪˈlɪŋ/, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, 1897–2003, wife of Chiang Kai-shek.

  3. Tse-ven or Tzu-wen [tsoo-wuhn], /ˈtsʊˈwʌn/, T.V., 1894–1971, Chinese financier.

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How to use Soong in a sentence

  • After his praiers said, and Te deum Soong, he departed to the bishops palace, and there soiourned a season.

  • The brave Ling-ho, with his regiment of Honan guards, made a dashing attempt to carry Soong-kong by storm.

  • During the next few days a part of the Chung-wang's division having arrived before the place, Soong-kong was closely invested.

  • She ventured, in a right melancholy way, to suggest a hope, that it was not his purpose immediately to leave the valley of Soong.

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  • Yet these members of the "Soong dynasty" did not shape the course of Nanking policies as a closed concern.

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British Dictionary definitions for Soong

Soong

Song

/ (sʊŋ) /


noun
  1. an influential Chinese family, notably Soong Ch'ing-ling (1890–1981), who married Sun Yat-sen and became a vice-chairman of the People's Republic of China (1959); and Soong Mei-ling (1898-2003), who married Chiang Kai-shek

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