Soong

[ soong ]

/ sʊŋ /

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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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Words nearby Soong

soon, sooner, sooner or later, Sooner State, soonest, Soong, soony, soot, sooth, soothe, soothfast

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.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (3 of 6): England (7 of 9)|Raphael Holinshed
The brave Ling-ho, with his regiment of Honan guards, made a dashing attempt to carry Soong-kong by storm.
Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh|Lin-Le
During the next few days a part of the Chung-wang's division having arrived before the place, Soong-kong was closely invested.
Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh|Lin-Le
She ventured, in a right melancholy way, to suggest a hope, that it was not his purpose immediately to leave the valley of Soong.
Dealings With The Dead|A Sexton of the Old School

Yet these members of the "Soong dynasty" did not shape the course of Nanking policies as a closed concern.
Government in Republican China|Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

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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