| 1 | 孙 | 孫 | sūn | Sun1 | grandson; descendant; surname Sun | | |
| 2 | 孙中山 | 孫中山 | sūn zhōng shān | Sun1 Zhong1 shan1 | 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 | | |
| 3 | 孙子 | 孫子 | sūn zi | sun1 zi5 | grandson; son's son | | |
| 4 | 孙子 | 孫子 | sūn zǐ | Sun1 zi3 | Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孙武 | | |
| 5 | 子孙 | 子孫 | zǐ sūn | zi3 sun1 | offspring; posterity | | |
| 6 | 孙悟空 | 孫悟空 | sūn wù kōng | Sun1 Wu4 kong1 | Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西游记 | | |
| 7 | 孙子兵法 | 孫子兵法 | sūn zǐ bīng fǎ | Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3 | “Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 | | |
| 8 | 孙文 | 孫文 | sūn wén | Sun1 Wen2 | the original name of 孙中山 , Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 国民党 | | |
| 9 | 断子绝孙 | 斷子絕孫 | duàn zǐ jué sūn | duan4 zi3 jue2 sun1 | to die without progeny; (offensive) may you die childless; may you be the last of your family line | | |
| 10 | 公子王孙 | 公子王孫 | gōng zǐ wáng sūn | gong1 zi3 wang2 sun1 | sons of princes and nobles; sons of the aristocracy and the rich (idiom) | | |
| 11 | 孙大圣 | 孫大聖 | sūn dà shèng | Sun1 da4 sheng4 | Great-Sage Sun; Sun Wukong 孙悟空 | | |
| 12 | 孙传芳 | 孫傳芳 | sūn chuán fāng | Sun1 Chuan2 fang1 | Sun Chuanfang (1885-1935) one of the northern warlord, murdered in Tianjin in 1935 | | |
| 13 | 孙策 | 孫策 | sūn cè | Sun1 Ce4 | Sun Ce (175-200), general and major warlord of the Later Han Dynasty | | |
| 14 | 孙膑 | 孫臏 | sūn bìn | Sun1 Bin4 | Sun Bin (-316 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 纵横家 during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC) | | |
| 15 | 名落孙山 | 名落孫山 | míng luò sūn shān | ming2 luo4 sun1 shan1 | lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孙山 (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom); fig. to fail an exam; to fall behind (in a competition) | | |
| 16 | 基底神经节孙损伤 | 基底神經節孫損傷 | jī dǐ shén jīng jié sūn sǔn shāng | ji1 di3 shen2 jing1 jie2 sun1 sun3 shang1 | basal ganglia lesions | | |
| 17 | 龟孙子 | 龜孫子 | guī sūn zi | gui1 sun1 zi5 | (coll.) son of a bitch; bastard | | |
| 18 | 公孙起 | 公孫起 | gōng sūn qǐ | Gong1 sun1 Qi3 | Gongsun Qi (-258 BC), famous general of Qin 秦国 , the victor at 长平 in 260 BC; same as Bai Qi 白起 | | |
| 19 | 公孙龙 | 公孫龍 | gōng sūn lóng | Gong1 sun1 Long2 | Gongsun Long (c. 325-250 BC), leading thinker of the School of Logicians of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) | | |
| 20 | 公孙 | 公孫 | gōng sūn | Gong1 sun1 | two-character surname Gongsun | | |
| 21 | 儿孙满堂 | 兒孫滿堂 | ér sūn mǎn táng | er2 sun1 man3 tang2 | to have children and grandchildren (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 儿孙 | 兒孫 | ér sūn | er2 sun1 | descendant | | |
| 23 | 重孙子 | 重孫子 | chóng sūn zi | chong2 sun1 zi5 | great-grandson | | |
| 24 | 子子孙孙 | 子子孫孫 | zǐ zǐ sūn sūn | zi3 zi3 sun1 sun1 | one's posterity | | |
| 25 | 重孙 | 重孫 | chóng sūn | chong2 sun1 | great-grandson | | |