| 孙中山 | Sūn Zhōng shān | Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 国民党; same as 孙逸仙 |
| 孙 | sūn | grandson; descendant; surname Sun |
| 子孙 | zǐ sūn | offspring; posterity |
| 孙子 | sūn zi | grandson; son's son |
| 孙子 | Sūn zǐ | Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 |
| 孙武 | Sūn Wǔ | Sun Wu, also known as Sun Tzu 孙子 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 |
| 孙权 | Sūn Quán | Sun Quan (reigned 222-252), southern warlord and king of state of Wu 吴 in the Three Kingdoms period |
| 公孙龙 | Gōng sūn Lóng | Gongsun Long (c. 325-250 BC), leading thinker of the Logicians School of Thought of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) |
| 孙女 | sūn nǚ | son's daughter; granddaughter |
| 孙吴 | Sūn wú | Sunwu county in Heihe 黑河, Heilongjiang |
| 儿孙 | ér sūn | descendant |
| 长孙 | zhǎng sūn | eldest grandson; the eldest son of one's eldest son; two-character surname Zhangsun |
| 孙膑 | Sūn Bìn | Sun Bin (-316 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 纵横家 during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC) |
| 外孙 | wài sūn | daughter's son; grandson; descendant via the female line |
| 亚马孙河 | Yà mǎ sūn hé | Amazon river |
| 孙传芳 | Sūn Chuán fāng | Sun Chuanfang (1885-1935) one of the northern warlord, murdered in Tianjin in 1935 |
| 孙悟空 | Sūn Wù kōng | Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西游记 |
| 曾孙 | zēng sūn | great-grandson |
| 亚马孙 | Yà mǎ sūn | Amazon |
| 侄孙 | zhí sūn | grandnephew |
| 侄孙女 | zhí sūn nǚ | grand niece |
| 公孙 | Gōng sūn | two-character surname Gongsun |
| 公孙起 | Gōng sūn Qǐ | Gongsun Qi (-258 BC), famous general of Qin 秦国, the victor at 长平 in 260 BC; same as Bai Qi 白起 |
| 参孙 | Cān sūn | Samson (name); biblical hero around 1100 BC |
| 名落孙山 | míng luò sūn shān | (idiom) to fail in imperial exam |
| 基底神经节孙损伤 | jī dǐ shén jīng jié sūn sǔn shāng | basal ganglia lesions |
| 外孙女 | wài sūn nǚ | daughter's daughter; granddaughter |
| 外孙女儿 | wài sūn nǚr | granddaughter (one's daughter's daughter) |
| 天孙娘娘 | Tiān sūn Niáng niáng | Goddess of Fertility |
| 子子孙孙 | zǐ zǐ sūn sūn | one's posterity |
| 子孙娘娘 | Zǐ sūn Niáng niáng | Goddess of Fertility |
| 孙吴县 | Sūn wú xiàn | Sunwu county in Heihe 黑河, Heilongjiang |
| 孙坚 | Sūn Jiān | Sun Jian (155-191), famous general at end of Han dynasty, forerunner of the southern kingdom of Wu of the Three Kingdoms |
| 孙大圣 | Sūn dà shèng | Great-Sage Sun; Sun Wukong 孙悟空 |
| 孙女儿 | sūn nǚr | granddaughter (son's daughter) |
| 孙女婿 | sūn nǚ xu | son's daughter's husband; granddaughter's husband |
| 孙媳夫 | sūn xí fu | son's son's wife; grandson's wife |
| 孙子兵法 | Sūn zǐ Bīng Fǎ | ”Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书, written by Sun Tzu 孙子 |
| 孙子定理 | Sūn zi dìng lǐ | the Chinese remainder theorem |
| 孙思邈 | Sūn Sī miǎo | Sūn Sīmiǎo (c. 581-682), doctor and herbalist of the Sui and Tang dynasty, author of Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold 千金要方 |
| 孙悦 | Sūn Yuè | Sun Yue (1973-), PRC female pop star; Sun Yue (1985-), PRC basketball star, plays for Los Angeles Lakers from 2007 |
| 孙武子 | Sūn Wǔ zǐ | Sun Wu, famous general, strategist and Legalist philosopher, contemporary with Confucius 孔子 (551-479 BC), author of the Art of War 孙武兵法; also known as Sun Tzu 孙武 |
| 孙毓棠 | Sūn Yù táng | Sun Yutang (1911-1985), historian and poet, studied in Tokyo, Oxford and Harvard |
| 孙犁 | Sūn Lí | Sun Li (1913-2002), novelist |
| 孙继海 | Sūn Jì hǎi | Sun Jihai (1977-), Chinese footballer, played for Manchester City |
| 孙膑兵法 | Sūn Bìn bīng fǎ | the Art of War by Sun Wu 孙武; also written 孙子兵法 |
| 孙行者 | Sūn xíng zhě | Sun Wukong 孙悟空, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西游记 |
| 孙诛 | Sūn Zhū | Sun Zhu (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three hundred Tang dynasty poems 唐诗三百首; also known by assumed name 蘅塘退士 |
| 孙逸仙 | Sūn Yì xiān | Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Kuomintang; same as 孙中山 |
| 承重孙 | chéng zhòng sūn | eldest grandson (to sustain upper storeys of ancestor worship) |
