烏孫

See also: 乌孙

Chinese

		a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void	grandson
trad. (烏孫)		烏	孫
simp. (乌孙)		乌	孙

Etymology

First attested in the Records of the Grand Historian.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wūsūn

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄙㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ syun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wūsūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄙㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wusun
  - Wade–Giles: wu¹-sun¹
  - Yale: wū-swūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: usuen
  - Palladius: усунь (usunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ swən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wu¹ syun¹
  - Yale: wū syūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ syn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ xun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ ʃyːn⁵⁵/

Noun

烏孫

the Wusun

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