Sung
//sʌŋ// name, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy wordnet
Verb
- 1 past participle of sing form-of, participle, past
- 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."
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Mandarin.
- 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."
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung."
Etymology
From Chinese 宋 (Sòng) Wade–Giles romanization: Sung⁴.
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