Shi (surname)
For the class of Chinese clan names (氏), see Chinese surname#Origin of Chinese surnames. For other uses, see Shi (disambiguation).
Shi is the romanization of several Chinese surnames, including 石, 史, 師, 時, 士, and 施. Several of these are common Chinese surnames. Five other variations are listed as variations in the Hundred Family Surnames - 張 唐 傅 崔 師 - but these are written in traditional Chinese, a character set no longer used in mainland China. As with other family names in Asian cultures, the surname is written before the given name.
Notable persons surnamed Shi include:
- Empress Shi (Xin Dynasty)
- Shi Dongpeng
- Shi Feng
- Shi Hairong
- Shi Haoran
- Shi Hongjun
- Shi Hui (Three Kingdoms)
- Shi Jianqiao
- Shi Ke
- Shi Kevin
- Shih Kien
- Shi Kuang
- Shi Shen (石申), a Wei astronomer
- Shi Le (石勒), a Later Zhao ruler from among the Jie
- Shi Liang, a footballer
- Shi Liangcai (史量才, 1880–1934), a journalist
- Shi Meng
- Shi Ming Yi
- Shi Shouxin
- Shi Tingmao
- Shih Wing-ching
- Shi Xiaotian
- Shi Xie
- Shi Xin Hui
- Shi Yao
- Shi Yi (Shi Xie's brother)
- Shi Yiguang (施夷光), or better known as Xi Shi (西施) one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China.
- Shi Zhecun
- Shi Zhi (史侄), a Zhou-era public officer
- Shi Zhi (Three Kingdoms)
- Shi Zongyuan
The transliteration variation, Shih, is also attested for the same names: