Sheng may refer to: *

Sheng (instrument) The ( zh, c=笙) is a Chinese mouth-blown polyphonic free reed instrument consisting of vertical pipes. It is one of the oldest Chinese instruments, with images depicting its kind dating back to 1100 BCE, and there are original instruments ...

(笙), a Chinese wind instrument *

Sheng (surname) Sheng is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is romanized as Shing in Cantonese. Sheng is listed 146th in the Song dynasty classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames''. As of 2008, ...

(盛), a Chinese surname *

Sheng (Chinese opera) The is a role type in Chinese opera for dignified and respectable male characters such as Confucian Confucianism, also known as Ruism or Ru classicism, is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China. Variously described a ...

, a major role in Chinese opera * Sheng (升), ancient Chinese unit of volume, approximately 1 liter * Sheng pu'er, a type of

pu-erh tea ''Pu'er'' or ''pu-erh'' is a variety of fermented tea traditionally produced in Yunnan Province, China. In the context of traditional Chinese tea production terminology, fermentation refers to microbial fermentation (called 'wet piling'), an ...

Provinces of China The provincial level administrative divisions () are the highest-level administrative divisions of China. There are 34 such divisions claimed by the People's Republic of China, classified as 23 provinces (), five autonomous regions, four munici ...

(省), administrative divisions called ''shěng'' in Mandarin *

Sheng slang Sheng is a Swahili and English-based cant, perhaps a mixed language or creole, originating among the urban youth of Nairobi, Kenya, and influenced by many of the languages spoken there. While primarily a language of urban youths, it has spread ...

, a slang dialect of the Swahili language

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