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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 1888–1973, wife of H. H. Kung.

  3. Ching-ling or Ch’ing-ling 1892–1981, widow of Sun Yat-sen.

  4. Mei-ling or Mayling Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, 1897–2003, wife of Chiang Kai-shek.

  5. Tse-ven or Tzu-wen T.V., 1894–1971, Chinese financier.



Soong

/ 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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Sophomore golfer Jaden Soong of St. Francis received a trophy at halftime of his school’s football game on Friday for winning the CIF state individual golf championship last spring.

Liu was in the clubhouse at seven under after making a birdie on No. 18 to finish with a 64, with Soong at six under with six holes to play.

Southern California is where golf prodigies Tiger Woods and Patrick Cantlay first began to receive attention as youths, and 14-year-old Jaden Soong, a member of the Class of 2028 at St. Francis High in La Canada, is on the same path.

Soong only earned a chance to play on Tuesday by winning two playoffs to receive the invite as an at-large competitor.

Soong tied Liu at seven under with a birdie on No. 14, a 369-yard par-four hole.

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