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], 1888–1973, wife of H. H. Kung.
3. Ching-ling or Ch’ing-ling [ching, -, ling], 1892–1981, widow of Sun Yat-sen.
4. Mei-ling or Mayling [mey, -, ling], Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, 1897–2003, wife of Chiang Kai-shek.
5. Tse-ven or Tzu-wen [tsoo, -, wuhn], T.V., 1894–1971, Chinese financier.

Soong

/ sʊŋ /

noun

1. SoongCh'ing-ling18901981F SoongMei-ling18982003F 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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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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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