Shi

See also:Appendix:Variations of "shi"

English

Alternative forms

• Shih

Etymology

Romanization ofMandarinThạch(shí),Sử(shǐ),Sư／Sư(shī),Thời／Thời(shí),Sĩ(shì),Thích／Thích(shì), andThi(shī)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ʃə/,/ʃiː/

Proper noun

Shi(pluralShis)

1. Asurnamefrom Mandarinof Chinese origin, the 63rd most common in China.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census,Shiis the 3551^stmost common surname in the United States, belonging to 10055 individuals.Shiis most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (96.86%) individuals.

See also

• she
• She
• shi
• Shih
• Shii

Anagrams

• -ish,His,Hsi,IHS,Ish,his,ish

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Sze

Etymology

BorrowedfromMandarinThi(Shī),fromHokkienThi(Si).DoubletofSy,Siy,See,andSze.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key):/ˈʃi/[ˈʃi]
    • Rhymes:-i
  • IPA^(key):/ˈʃəɾ/[ˈʃəɹ](Mandarin Pinyin-literate)
    • Rhymes:-əɾ
• Syllabification:Shi

Proper noun

Shi(Baybayin spellingᜐ᜔ᜌᜒ)

1. a Chinesesurnamefrom Mandarin [in turn from Hokkien]