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Si is the
pinyin Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese fo ...
romanization of a number of distinct
Chinese surnames Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and 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, unlike the W ...
that are written with different
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in Chinese. Depending on the character, it may be spelled Sī, Sí, Sǐ, or Sì when tone
diacritics A diacritic (also diacritical mark, diacritical point, diacritical sign, or accent) is a glyph added to a letter or to a basic glyph. The term derives from the Ancient Greek (, "distinguishing"), from (, "to distinguish"). The word ''diacriti ...
are used. In
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'' o ...
they are romanized as Chi. Languages using the
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do not distinguish among the different Chinese surnames, rendering them all as Si.


Surnames romanized as Si

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Si (surname 姒) Si () was a Chinese surname during the Xia Dynasty. According to Records of the Grand Historian, the surname of the Xia Dynasty ruler was Si (姒). In general, the Chinese hold Xia founder Yu the Great (禹) to be a descendant of Emperor Yao (堯) ...
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Si (surname 斯) The surname Si 斯 is a Chinese surname that is now mainly distributed in the Sze Residence Township in Zhuji, China. There are Ma, Xing, Du, Zhang, Chen, Jin, Zhou, Xu, Huang, Si, Cai, Yu, Lou and other surnames in Sze Residence Township (Zhuji ...
* Si (surname ) {{DEFAULTSORT:Si Chinese-language surnames Multiple Chinese surnames