Soong Mei-ling, photo 1 of 3
Soong Mei-ling, photo 2 of 3
Soong Mei-ling, photo 3 of 3

Photo credit

Photo
Madame Chiang Kai-shek, seated portrait (cropped)
By
Los Angeles Times
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CC BY 4.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Photo credit

Photo
Soong May-ling, May 1910
Licence
Public domain
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Wikimedia Commons
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Photo credit

Photo
贈送泰國詩麗吉王后台灣藝品
By
中華婦女反共抗俄聯合會
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Public domain
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Wikimedia Commons
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宋美龄

宋美齡
Sòng Měilíng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Soong Mei-ling, wife of Chiang Kai-shek

About Soong Mei-ling

1898–2003 · 政治家 politician

Wife of 蒋介石 (Chiang Kai-shek) and youngest of the three Soong sisters, educated in the United States. In 1943 she spoke to the US Congress to win support for China's war against Japan.

Also called  蒋夫人

Examples

HSK 4
Sòng Měilíng huó le yìbǎi líng wǔ suì.
Soong Mei-ling lived to be 105 years old.
HSK 6
Sòng Měilíng shì Jiǎng Jièshí de fūren.
Soong Mei-ling was Chiang Kai-shek's wife.

Tips

culture
A popular saying sums up the three Soong sisters: 一个爱钱,一个爱权,一个爱国, 'one loved money, one loved power, one loved her country'. She is the one who loved power; 宋霭龄 loved money and 宋庆龄 her country.

Stroke Order

宋 Sòng
美 měi
龄 líng