Sung

See also: sung, súng, sùng, sũng, sưng, sừng, sững, sửng, and suŋ

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Sung (plural Sungs)

1. A surname from Mandarin.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sung is the 4801^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7360 individuals. Sung is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (94.14%) individuals.

Proper noun

Sung (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of Song (Chinese dynasty)
   • 1954, Herold J. Wiens, Han Chinese Expansion in South China‎^[2], Shoe String Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 143:

     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.

   • 1970 [1968], Shiba Yoshinobu, translated by Mark Elvin, Commerce and Society in Sung China‎^[3], published 1992, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 102:

     Fish were produced in Hu-chou for sale at the Southern Sung capital.

   • 1976, W.B.R. Neave-Hill, Chinese Ceramics‎^[4], New York: St. Martin's Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 10:

     The Sung dynasty was the great Classical Age and it is on this era that the emphasis in this book falls.

   • 1968, Edward S. Aarons, Assignment—Nuclear Nude‎^[5], Fawcett Publications, →OCLC, page 135:

     Today in Peking we repeat a phrase to our allies from the Sung dynasty, seven hundred years old. 'We are as close to you as the lips to the teeth. If the lips are gone, our teeth must chatter with cold.'

   • 1987 October 12, Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Code of Honor (Star Trek: The Next Generation) (Science Fiction), Paramount Domestic Television, →OCLC:

     PICARD: Lutan, we are aware of many of your planet's achievements, and its unique similarity to an ancient Earth culture we all admire. On behalf of the Federation, therefore, I would like to present this token of our gratitude and friendship. From China's Sung Dynasty, Fourteenth Century.
     DATA: Thirteenth Century, sir.
     PICARD: Ah yes, indeed.

   • 2011 May 30, “Taiwan News Quick Take”, in Taipei Times‎^[6], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2011-06-02, Taiwan News, page 2‎^[7]:

     The animated scroll was based on the work of 12th century Sung Dynasty artist Zhang Zeduan (張擇端), whose lively portrayal of the daily life of ordinary people in the capital city of the Northern Sung Dynasty — Bianjing (Kaifeng) — has captured the fascination of people for generations.

   • 2013 February, Jimmy Stamp, “The History of Rocket Science”, in Smithsonian Magazine‎^[8], archived from the original on 19 May 2014‎^[9]:

     Previous scholarship places the rocket’s origins in China during the Sung dynasty (A.D. 960-1279).

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Sung.

Further reading

• “Sung”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Song, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Sung”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Sung”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Sung” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

Anagrams

• Ngus, Ungs, gnus, guns, nugs, snug

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hakka 宋 (sung).

Proper noun

Sung

1. a surname from Hakka