Soong

[ soo ng ]
/ sʊŋ /

noun

Charles Jones,1866–1918, Chinese merchant (father of Ai-ling, Ch'ing-ling, Mei-ling, and Tse-ven Soong).
Ai-ling [ahy-ling] /ˈaɪˈlɪŋ/,1888–1973, wife of H. H. Kung.
Ching-ling or Ch’ing-ling [ching-ling] /ˈtʃɪŋˈlɪŋ/,1892–1981, widow of Sun Yat-sen.
Mei-ling or Mayling [mey-ling] /ˈmeɪˈlɪŋ/, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek,1897–2003, wife of Chiang Kai-shek.
Tse-ven or Tzu-wen [tsoo -wuhn] /ˈtsʊˈwʌn/, T.V.,1894–1971, Chinese financier.

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British Dictionary definitions for soong

Soong

Song

/ (sʊŋ) /

noun

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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