shì

  1. shì noun clan; a branch of a lineage
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 姓的支系 (Guoyu '氏' n 2; NCCED '氏' 1; Unihan '氏'; Wilkinson 2015, p. 96)
  2. shì noun Kangxi radical 83
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
    Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '氏' n 10)
  3. shì noun family name; clan name
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Japanese: uji, or: shi (David 2013, p. 1772; Kroll 2015 '氏' 1, p. 417; NCCED '氏' 1)
  4. shì verb maiden name; nee
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '氏' n 6; Kroll 2015 '氏' 3, p. 417; NCCED '氏' 2)
  5. shì bound form shi
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Used at the end of a form of address of a leader in ancient times (Guoyu '氏' n 3; Kroll 2015 '氏' 1a, p. 417)
  6. shì bound form shi
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: An honorific form for celebrated scholars, such as 左氏 Mr. Zuo (Guoyu '氏' n 5; Kroll 2015 '氏' 2, p. 417)
  7. shì proper noun Shi
    Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China
    Notes: Name of a cliff in ancient times (Guoyu '氏' n 1)
  8. shì bound form shi
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A form of address for family members, for example 母氏 mother (Guoyu '氏' n 8)
  9. shì noun lineage
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Used for religious or traditional teaching lineages, for example 释氏 Śākya lineage (Guoyu '氏' n 9)
  10. zhī bound form zhi
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In 月氏 Yuezhi (Guoyu '氏' zhī)

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旁氏耶律氏左氏春秋尉氏马氏文通容成氏卢氏县物部氏罗氏慕容氏

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