Shī (施) is a Chinese surname. It is written as Sze or Sy in

Cantonese Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding are ...

Hokkien The Hokkien () variety of Chinese is a Southern Min language native to and originating from the Minnan region, where it is widely spoken in the south-eastern part of Fujian in southeastern mainland China. It is one of the national languages in ...

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 Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...

being the province with the most people. It is 23rd on the ''

Hundred Family Surnames The ''Hundred Family Surnames'' (), commonly known as ''Bai Jia Xing'', also translated as ''Hundreds of Chinese Surnames'', is a classic Chinese text composed of common Chinese surnames. An unknown author compiled the book during the Song dy ...

'', contained in the verse 何呂施張 (He Lü Shi Zhang). In Vietnamese is it written Thi.

Notable people

* Shi Lang (施琅, 1621–1696), Marquis Jinghai, a Chinese admiral who served under the Ming and Qing dynasties, helped conquer Taiwan * Shi Hairong (施海荣) * Shi Haoran, (施浩然), a Chinese swimmer who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics *Shi Yiguang (施夷光), better known as

Xi Shi Xi Shi (Hsi Shih; , ) was, according to legends, one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China. She was said to have lived during the end of the Spring and Autumn period in Zhuji, the capital of the ancient State of Yue. In traditional ...

(西施), one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China. *

Shi Jianqiao Shi Jianqiao (, 1905 or 1906 – 27 August 1979) was the daughter of the Chinese military officer Shi Congbin, whose killing she avenged by assassinating the former warlord Sun Chuanfang. The revenge killing and the legal proceedings that foll ...

(施剑翘), the daughter of the Chinese military officer Shi Congbin, whose killing she avenged by assassinating the former warlord Sun Chuanfang *

Shi Tingmao Shi Tingmao (; born 31 August 1991) is a Chinese diver representing Chongqing diving team. She has been dominant in the 3 metre springboard events in the 2010s. She has won four gold medals in Olympic competitions, two at the 2016 Olympics and t ...

(施廷懋), a Chinese diver representing Chongqing diving team *

Shih Wing-ching Shih Wing-ching (; born 17 March 1949 in Shanghai) is a Hong Kong businessman. His family are from Ningbo in Zhejiang province but he came to Hong Kong at an early age. In 1978 he established Centaline Property Agency Limited, which is now ...

(施永青), a Hong Kong businessman *

Shi Zhecun Shi Zhecun (; December 3, 1905 – November 19, 2003) was a Chinese essayist, poet, short story writer, and translator in Shanghai during the 1930s. He was known for his poetry and essays, but is most known for his modernist short stories explorin ...

(施蛰存), a Chinese author and journal editor in Shanghai during the 1930s *

Shih Chih-ming Shih Chih-ming (; born 29 October 1952) is a Taiwanese politician of the Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major ...

(施治明), a Taiwanese politician of the Kuomintang party *

Shih Chin-tien Shih Chin-tien (; born 1 August 1980) is a Taiwanese baseball player who currently plays for Uni-President Lions of Chinese Professional Baseball League. He played as third baseman for the Lions. See also *Chinese Professional Baseball League * ...

(施金典), a Taiwanese baseball player who currently plays for Uni-President Lions of Chinese Professional Baseball League *

Shih Ming-teh Shih Ming-teh (; born 15 January 1941) commonly known as Nori Shih, is a statesman and human rights defender in Taiwan and was once a political prisoner for 25-and-a-half years. Arrested at the age of 21 in 1962 and charged with creating the " ...

(施明德), political activist in Taiwan and was once a political prisoner for 25-and-a-half years *

Simon Min Sze Simon Min Sze, or Shi Min (; born 1936), is a Chinese-American electrical engineer. He is best known for inventing the floating-gate MOSFET with Korean electrical engineer Dawon Kahng in 1967. Biography Sze was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu, and gre ...

(施敏), electrical engineer who invented the

floating-gate MOSFET The floating-gate MOSFET (FGMOS), also known as a floating-gate MOS transistor or floating-gate transistor, is a type of metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) where the gate is electrically isolated, creating a floating no ...

with

Dawon Kahng Dawon Kahng ( ko, 강대원; May 4, 1931 – May 13, 1992) was a Korean-American electrical engineer and inventor, known for his work in solid-state electronics. He is best known for inventing the MOSFET (metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effe ...

Henry Sy Henry Tan Chi Sieng Sy Sr. (; ; October 15, 1924 – January 19, 2019) was a Filipino businessman and investor. Born in Fujian, he moved with his family to the Philippines at age 12. While his family returned to China, he stayed behind and f ...

(施至成), former richest

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billionaire in the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

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