Shih is the
Wade–Giles
Wade–Giles () is a romanization system for Mandarin Chinese. It developed from a system produced by Thomas Francis Wade, during the mid-19th century, and was given completed form with Herbert A. Giles's '' Chinese–English Dictionary'' of ...
equivalent of
Shi
Shi or SHI may refer to:
Language
* ''Shi'', a Japanese titles#Shi, Japanese title commonly used as a pronoun
* ''Shi'', proposed gender-neutral pronoun
* Shi (kana), a kana in Japanese syllabaries
* Shi language
* ''Shī'', transliteration of ...
in Chinese. It may refer to:
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Shi (poetry)
''Shi'' and ''shih''Based on the Wade-Giles system formerly used by Taiwan and English-speaking countries. are romanizations of the character /, the Chinese word for all poetry generally and across all languages.
In Western analysis of the st ...
(詩/诗), a term for Chinese poetry
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Shà (surname)
Shà ( ‚ɻ̩̌ or Shih is the romanization of the Chinese surname . It means "stone." It was one of the "Nine Sogdian Surnames." A 2013 study found it was the 63rd most common surname, shared by 4,550,000 people or 0.340% of the population, with H ...
, the romanization of several Chinese surnames
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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 ...
(士), the low aristocratic class of Shang/Zhou China, later the scholar-gentry class of imperial China
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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 ...
(å°¸), a ceremonial "corpse" involved in early forms of ancestor worship in China
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Posthumous name
A posthumous name is an honorary name given mostly to the notable dead in East Asian culture. It is predominantly practiced in East Asian countries such as China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan, and Thailand. Reflecting on the person's accomplishments or ...
(è«¡), a traditional East Asian honorary name
* ''Shih'' (市),
various administrative divisions generally translated "city"
on Taiwan and
in mainland China
* ''Shih'' (時), a
traditional Chinese unit of time equal to two hours
*Shih, transliteration of Chinese
Radical 44
Radical 44 or radical corpse () meaning "corpse" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of three strokes.
In the ''Kangxi Dictionary'', there are 148 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
is also th ...
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Shih (composer) or Shih Chieh, Taiwanese-Austrian composer
See also
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Shi (disambiguation)
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
* ''Shī'', transliteration of Chinese Radical 44
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