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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Shih

  • 世generation; world; era
  • 詩poem; poetry
  • 時time; season; era
Letters
4
Syllables
1
First letter
S
Character options
3
Category
Chinese syllable
  • Chinese characters世詩時
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Shih in their name

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Shih is the Wade–Giles spelling of the Mandarin syllable shi, for example 世 'generation; world', 詩 'poetry' or 時 'time'.

Possible characters for Shih

  • 世

    generation; world; era

    Mandarin shì (Wade–Giles shih4)

    attested

  • 詩

    poem; poetry

    Mandarin shī (Wade–Giles shih1)

  • 時

    time; season; era

    Mandarin shí (Wade–Giles shih2)

One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.

About the name Shih

Shih is a Chinese name syllable spelled in the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin, the older spelling of the sound written shi in Hanyu Pinyin. It can stand for 世 (generation; world; era), 詩 (poem; poetry) or 時 (time; season; era). The character 世 is on record for Malaysians with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the character the family chose.

Character pages

Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.

Chinese names with the syllable Shih

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 世 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 詩 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 時 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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