Shí (
ɻ̩̌ or Shih is the
romanization
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of the
Chinese surname
Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicization, Sinicized ethnic groups in Greater China, Korea, Vietnam and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, ...
. It means "stone." It was one of the "
Nine Sogdian Surnames
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."
A 2013 study found it was the 63rd most common surname, shared by 4,550,000 people or 0.340% of the population, with
Henan
Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ...
being the province with the most people.
It should not be confused with
Shí (surname 時), a rarer surname meaning "time."
Romanisation variation
Due to the use of different romanisation systems over time, different Romanised variants of the surname are used.
Notable people
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Domee Shi (石之予, ''Shí Zhīyǔ''), Chinese-born Canadian animator, director and screenwriter
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Jenny Cheok Cheng Kid (石清菊 shí qīngjǘ), Singaporean bar waitress and murder victim
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Howard S.H. Shyr (石世豪), Chairperson of
National Communications Commission
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of the
Republic of China
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
(2012–2016)
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Jeffrey "Trump" Shih (石謙和), American ''Hearthstone'' player
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Shi Feng (石峰), Chinese swimmer, who competed for China at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
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Shi Hanqing ( zh, 石汉青), Chinese pool player and former professional snooker player
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Shi Hongjun (石鸿俊), Chinese footballer
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Shi Ke (石柯), Chinese footballer
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Shi Le
Shi Le (; 274 –17 August 333), courtesy name Shilong, also known by his posthumous name as the Emperor Ming of Later Zhao, was the founding emperor of the Jie-led Later Zhao dynasty of China. He was initially sold as a slave by Western Jin ...
(石勒), a Later Zhao ruler from among the Jie
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Shi Shen (石申), a Wei astronomer
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Shi Shouxin (石守信), a military general in imperial China, first serving the Later Zhou during the last years of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
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Shi Xiaotian (石笑天), Chinese football player who currently plays for Chinese Super League
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Shi Xin Hui (石欣卉), a Malaysian singer, who was one of the five popular new talents emerged from the Channel U's popular singing talent show, Project Superstar 2005 in Singapore
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Shi Yao (石瑶), Chinese female ice hockey goaltender
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Shi Zhiyong (weightlifter, born 1980) (石智勇), Chinese weightlifter, Olympic Champion during the 2004 Summer Olympics
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Shi Zhiyong (weightlifter, born 1993) (石智勇), Chinese weightlifter, Olympic Champion during the 2016 Summer Olympics
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Shi Zongyuan (石宗源), ethnic Hui, was a politician of the People's Republic of China
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Shih Chia-hsin (施佳鍟), Taiwanese mayor
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Shih Chih-wei (石志偉), Taiwanese baseball player for the Lamigo Monkeys
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Shih Kien (石堅), Hong Kong-based Chinese actor
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Shih Su-mei (石素梅), Taiwanese politician, Minister of the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (2008-2016)
See also
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Shi (Korean given name)
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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 ...
References
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Chinese-language surnames
Multiple Chinese surnames