"Shi" meaning in All languages combined

See Shi on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ʃə/, /ʃiː/ Forms: Shis [plural], Shih [alternative]
Etymology: Romanization of Mandarin 石 (shí), 史 (shǐ), 師/师 (shī), 時/时 (shí), 士 (shì), 釋/释 (shì), and 施 (shī) Etymology templates: {{der|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|石}} 石 (shí), {{zh-l|史}} 史 (shǐ), {{zh-l|師}} 師/师 (shī), {{zh-l|時}} 時/时 (shí), {{zh-l|士}} 士 (shì), {{zh-l|釋}} 釋/释 (shì), {{zh-l|施}} 施 (shī) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Shi (plural Shis)
  1. A surname from Mandarin of Chinese origin, the 63rd most common in China. Related terms: she, She, shi, Shih, Shii

Romanization [Japanese]

Head templates: {{head|ja|romanization|head=|sc=Latn}} Shi, {{ja-rom}} Shi
  1. Rōmaji transcription of し Tags: Rōmaji, alt-of, romanization Alternative form of:

Proper name [Tagalog]

IPA: /ˈʃi/, [ˈʃɪ], /ˈsji/ (note: no palatal assimilation), [ˈsjɪ] (note: no palatal assimilation), /ˈʃəɾ/, [ˈʃəɹ], /ˈsjəɾ/ (note: no palatal assimilation), [ˈsjəɹ] (note: no palatal assimilation) Forms: ᜐ᜔ᜌᜒ [Baybayin], Sze [alternative]
Rhymes: -i, -əɾ Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 施 (Shī), from Hokkien 施 (Si). Doublet of Sy, Siy, See, and Sze. Etymology templates: {{bor+|tl|cmn|施|tr=Shī}} Borrowed from Mandarin 施 (Shī), {{der|tl|nan-hbl|施|tr=Si}} Hokkien 施 (Si), {{doublet|tl|Sy|Siy|See|Sze}} Doublet of Sy, Siy, See, and Sze Head templates: {{tl-proper noun|b=+}} Shi (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜒ)
  1. a Chinese surname from Mandarin [in turn from Hokkien]

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cmn",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Mandarin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "石"
      },
      "expansion": "石 (shí)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "史"
      },
      "expansion": "史 (shǐ)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "師"
      },
      "expansion": "師/师 (shī)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "時"
      },
      "expansion": "時/时 (shí)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "士"
      },
      "expansion": "士 (shì)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "釋"
      },
      "expansion": "釋/释 (shì)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "施"
      },
      "expansion": "施 (shī)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Romanization of Mandarin 石 (shí), 史 (shǐ), 師/师 (shī), 時/时 (shí), 士 (shì), 釋/释 (shì), and 施 (shī)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Shis",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Shih",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "Shi (plural Shis)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "name": "English surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "A surname from Mandarin of Chinese origin, the 63rd most common in China."
      ],
      "id": "en-Shi-en-name-HWnq7gCx",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "she"
        },
        {
          "word": "She"
        },
        {
          "word": "shi"
        },
        {
          "word": "Shih"
        },
        {
          "word": "Shii"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃiː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Shi"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "romanization",
        "head": "",
        "sc": "Latn"
      },
      "expansion": "Shi",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Shi",
      "name": "ja-rom"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "romanization",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "し"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese romanizations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Rōmaji transcription of し"
      ],
      "id": "en-Shi-ja-romanization-UiWbUUiS",
      "links": [
        [
          "Rōmaji",
          "romaji"
        ],
        [
          "し",
          "し#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Rōmaji",
        "alt-of",
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Shi"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "cmn",
        "3": "施",
        "tr": "Shī"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Mandarin 施 (Shī)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "nan-hbl",
        "3": "施",
        "tr": "Si"
      },
      "expansion": "Hokkien 施 (Si)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "Sy",
        "3": "Siy",
        "4": "See",
        "5": "Sze"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Sy, Siy, See, and Sze",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Mandarin 施 (Shī), from Hokkien 施 (Si). Doublet of Sy, Siy, See, and Sze.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᜐ᜔ᜌᜒ",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sze",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "b": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "Shi (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜒ)",
      "name": "tl-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Shi"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Shi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a Chinese surname from Mandarin"
      ],
      "id": "en-Shi-tl-name-QhJLUKic",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "a Chinese surname from Mandarin [in turn from Hokkien]"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʃɪ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsji/",
      "note": "no palatal assimilation"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsjɪ]",
      "note": "no palatal assimilation"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-i"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃəɾ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʃəɹ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsjəɾ/",
      "note": "no palatal assimilation"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsjəɹ]",
      "note": "no palatal assimilation"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əɾ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Shi"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cmn",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Mandarin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "石"
      },
      "expansion": "石 (shí)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "史"
      },
      "expansion": "史 (shǐ)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "師"
      },
      "expansion": "師/师 (shī)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "時"
      },
      "expansion": "時/时 (shí)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "士"
      },
      "expansion": "士 (shì)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "釋"
      },
      "expansion": "釋/释 (shì)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "施"
      },
      "expansion": "施 (shī)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Romanization of Mandarin 石 (shí), 史 (shǐ), 師/师 (shī), 時/时 (shí), 士 (shì), 釋/释 (shì), and 施 (shī)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Shis",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Shih",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "Shi (plural Shis)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "she"
    },
    {
      "word": "She"
    },
    {
      "word": "shi"
    },
    {
      "word": "Shih"
    },
    {
      "word": "Shii"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English proper nouns",
        "English surnames",
        "English surnames from Mandarin",
        "English terms derived from Mandarin",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname from Mandarin of Chinese origin, the 63rd most common in China."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃiː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Shi"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "romanization",
        "head": "",
        "sc": "Latn"
      },
      "expansion": "Shi",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Shi",
      "name": "ja-rom"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "romanization",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "し"
        }
      ],
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        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese non-lemma forms",
        "Japanese romanizations",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Rōmaji transcription of し"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Rōmaji",
          "romaji"
        ],
        [
          "し",
          "し#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Rōmaji",
        "alt-of",
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Shi"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "cmn",
        "3": "施",
        "tr": "Shī"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Mandarin 施 (Shī)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "nan-hbl",
        "3": "施",
        "tr": "Si"
      },
      "expansion": "Hokkien 施 (Si)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "Sy",
        "3": "Siy",
        "4": "See",
        "5": "Sze"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Sy, Siy, See, and Sze",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Mandarin 施 (Shī), from Hokkien 施 (Si). Doublet of Sy, Siy, See, and Sze.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᜐ᜔ᜌᜒ",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sze",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "b": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "Shi (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜒ)",
      "name": "tl-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Shi"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Shi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Tagalog/i",
        "Rhymes:Tagalog/i/1 syllable",
        "Rhymes:Tagalog/əɾ",
        "Rhymes:Tagalog/əɾ/1 syllable",
        "Tagalog 1-syllable words",
        "Tagalog doublets",
        "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
        "Tagalog lemmas",
        "Tagalog proper nouns",
        "Tagalog surnames",
        "Tagalog surnames from Hokkien",
        "Tagalog surnames from Mandarin",
        "Tagalog terms borrowed from Mandarin",
        "Tagalog terms derived from Hokkien",
        "Tagalog terms derived from Mandarin",
        "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
        "Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation",
        "Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation",
        "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a Chinese surname from Mandarin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "a Chinese surname from Mandarin [in turn from Hokkien]"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʃɪ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsji/",
      "note": "no palatal assimilation"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsjɪ]",
      "note": "no palatal assimilation"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-i"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃəɾ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʃəɹ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsjəɾ/",
      "note": "no palatal assimilation"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsjəɹ]",
      "note": "no palatal assimilation"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əɾ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Shi"
}

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