Shì is a Chinese surname. It is not among the 400 most common surnames according to a 2013 study.中国四百大姓 Front Cover, 袁义达, 邱家儒, Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013

Notable people

* Shi Ci (士賜), the administrator of Rinan Commandery in the Eastern Han dynasty ** Shi Xie (士燮) (137–226), Shi Ci's son and the administrator of Jiaozhi Commandery in the Eastern Han dynasty and early Three Kingdoms period *** Shi Xin (士廞), Shi Xie's eldest son *** Shi Zhi (士祗), Shi Xie's second son *** Shi Hui (士徽) (165–227), Shi Xie's third son and successor as the administrator of Jiaozhi Commandery in the early Three Kingdoms period *** Shi Gan (士幹), Shi Xie's fourth son *** Shi Song (士頌), Shi Xie's fifth son ** Shi Hui (士䵋), Shi Xie's brother and the Administrator of Jiuzhen Commandery in the Eastern Han dynasty ** Shi Yi (士壹), Shi Xie's brother and the administrator of Hepu Commandery in the Eastern Han dynasty *** Shi Kuang (士匡), Shi Yi's son ** Shi Wu (士武), Shi Xie's brother and the administrator of Nanhai Commandery in the Eastern Han dynasty

Other surnames transliterated ''Shì''

是

* Shi Yi (是儀), official of the

Eastern Wu Wu (Chinese language, Chinese: 吳; pinyin: ''Wú''; Middle Chinese *''ŋuo'' < Eastern Han Chinese: ''*ŋuɑ''), known in historiography as Eastern Wu or Sun Wu, was a Dynasties of China, dynastic state of China and one of the three major sta ...

state in the Three Kingdoms period * Jay Shih (是元介), a Taiwanese actor, singer and television host.

釋 / 释

釋 is a common surname for Chinese Buddhist monks and nuns. The practice started with the monk Dao'an (312–385), who advocated that all monks and nuns adopt 釋 as their surname, from the Chinese abbreviation of

Gautama Buddha Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha (),* * * was a śramaṇa, wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist lege ...

's title, ''Shijiamounifo'' (釋迦牟尼佛 "Śākyamuni").

References

{{Reflist Individual Chinese surnames