Shi or SHI may refer to:

Language

* ''Shi'', a Japanese title commonly used as a pronoun * ''Shi'', proposed gender-neutral pronoun * Shi (kana), a kana in Japanese syllabaries *

Shi language Shi, or Nyabungu, is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Nyindu variety is heavily influenced by Lega, and speakers consider it a dialect of Lega rather than Shi, as Shi speakers see it. Maho (2009) leaves it unclassif ...

* ''Shī'', transliteration of Chinese Radical 44 * Tachelhit or the Shilha language (ISO 639 code)

Art

* Shi, a piece in Chinese chess * ''Shi'' (comics), a comic book series created by William Tucci * Shi (poetry), the Chinese conception of poetry * ''Poetry'' (film) or ''Shi'', a 2010 South Korean film directed by Lee Chang-dong

People

Shi (class) The four occupations () or "four categories of the people" ()Hansson, pp. 20-21Brook, 72. was an job, occupation International Standard Classification of Occupations, classification used in History of China, ancient China by either Confucianism, C ...

(), the low aristocratic class of Shang/Zhou China, later the scholar-gentry class of imperial China *

Shi (rank) (; ) is the rank usually held by Non-commissioned officers in some East Asian militaries. The ranks are used in both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China on Taiwan, and both North and South Korea. The rank name is based on the ...

(), rank group for

non-commissioned officer A non-commissioned officer (NCO) is a military officer who has not pursued a commission. Non-commissioned officers usually earn their position of authority by promotion through the enlisted ranks. (Non-officers, which includes most or all enli ...

s *

Shi (personator) The ''shi'' () was a ceremonial "personator" who represented a dead relative during ancient Chinese ancestral sacrifices. In a ''shi'' ceremony, the ancestral spirit supposedly would enter the descendant "corpse" personator, who would eat and drin ...

(), a ceremonial "corpse" involved in early forms of ancestor worship in China

Names

* ''Shì'' (氏), a Chinese clan name previously distinguished from ancestral or family names; see

Origin of Chinese surnames Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicization, Sinicized ethnic groups in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, ...

Shī (surname) Shī (施) is a Chinese surname. It is written as Sze or Sy in Cantonese or Hokkien romanisation. According to a 2013 study it was the 106th most common name, being shared by 2.06 million people or 0.150% of the population, with Jiangsu being the p ...

, the romanization of the Chinese surname 施 * Shí (surname), the romanization of the Chinese surname 石 *

Shǐ (surname) Shǐ (史) is a Chinese surname meaning "history" of "official historiographer". It is romanized Shih in Wade–Giles, or Sze or Si in Cantonese romanization. According to a 2008 study, it was the 82nd most common name in China. A 2013 study found ...

, the romanization of the Chinese surname 史 * Shì (surname), the romanization of the Chinese surname 士 * Shi (Korean given name), Korean given name * Posthumous name (諡), a traditional East Asian honorary name

Acronym

* Samsung Heavy Industries, a Korean shipbuilding and offshore EPC company *

Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI) is an integrated manufacturer of industrial machinery, automatic weaponry, ships, bridges and steel structure, equipment for environmental protection, including recycling, power transmission equipment, plastic molding machines, laser proces ...

, a Japanese integrated manufacturer of industrial machinery, automatic weaponry, ships, bridges and steel structure, equipment for environmental protection company *

Statutory health insurance National health insurance (NHI), sometimes called statutory health insurance (SHI), is a system of health insurance that insures a national population against the costs of health care. It may be administered by the public sector, the private sector ...

, or national health insurance *

Stolen Horse International Stolen Horse International, Inc., also referred to as NetPosse or SHI, is an organization founded to assist horse owners with recovering horses lost during theft. Their website states their mission is ''to provide a comprehensive theft awareness p ...

, a non-profit organization founded to assist horse owners with recovering horses lost during theft

Mathematics

* Shi, hyperbolic sine integral

Units

* ''Shí'' or ''shichen'', a traditional Chinese unit of time equal to two hours * ''Shì'' (市), various administrative divisions generally translated "city" in mainland China, on Taiwan, and in Japan

Other

Shchi Shchi ( rus, щи, p=ɕːi, a=Ru-щи.ogg) is a Russian-style cabbage soup. When sauerkraut is used instead, the soup is called sour shchi, while soups based on sorrel, spinach, nettle, and similar plants are called green shchi (russian: зел� ...

or "schi", a classic traditional Russian soup * SHI International Corp, an American information technology company *

Shi Islet Shi Islet (; also Shi Yu,, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Shih Yü,, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Shiyu, Shiyu Islet and Lion Islet) is an islet located northwest of Lesser Kinmen (Lieyu) in Lie ...

(獅嶼), Lieyu Township, Kinmen County, Fujian, Republic of China (Taiwan) * SHI, the Chapman code for

Shetland Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about to the no ...

, UK * SHI, the IATA code for

Shimojishima Airport is located on the island of Shimojishima in Miyakojima, Okinawa, Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It has the longest runway of any island in Japan south of the main island of Okinawa. Mitsubishi has built a low cost carrier terminal which ...

in the Okinawa Prefecture, Japan * SHI, the National Rail code for Shiplake railway station in the county of Oxfordshire, UK