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Sung

//sʌŋ// name, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Mandarin.
  2. 2
    Alternative form of Song (Chinese dynasty) alt-of, alternative, uncountable

    "At present the metropolitan area of Kuang-chou City alone comprises some 1,500,000 people or twice that of the Sung period for all of the two provinces."

Noun
  1. 1
    the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    past participle of sing form-of, participle, past
  2. 2
    simple past of sing archaic, dialectal, form-of, past

    "Lulled by the Syren-song that my own heart sung to me, with eyes shut to all sight, and ears closed to all sound of danger, I drifted nearer and nearer to the fatal rocks."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Chinese 宋 (Sòng) Wade–Giles romanization: Sung⁴.

Etymology 2

From Chinese 宋 (Sòng) Wade–Giles romanization: Sung⁴.

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