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shi

/ʃaɪ/

shi is the abbreviation of shibire.

shi is the alternative form of sie.

shi is the apocopic form of shit.

Meaning of shibire

Noun

shibire (uncountable)

  1. A gene found in Drosophila, its homolog of the dynamin gene.
    Synonyms:
    shi

Meaning of sie

Pronoun

sie (third person singular, gender-neutral, nominative case, accusative sir, possessive adjective hir, possessive noun hirs, reflexive hirself)

  1. (gender-neutral, nominative, nonstandard, rare, singular, third-person) Gender-neutral subject pronoun, grammatically equivalent to the gendered pronouns he and she
    • If the child is about the intellectual equal of the parent, sie will eventually start holding hir own in discussions, […]1993 September 24, Alex Martelli, “punishment vs ethics (was Re: Discipline my daughters)”, in alt.sex.bondage (Usenet)

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Proper noun capitalized: Shi

IPA/ʃə/

Shi (plural Shis)

  1. A surname from Mandarin of Chinese origin, the 63rd most common in China.

Synonyms of shi

Forms of shi

pluralShis
alternative formShih

Origin of shi

Clipping of shibire. Coined by Japanese-Canadian geneticist and zoologist David Suzuki, the person who also coined "shibire".

From shit + -h.

Romanization of Mandarin 石 (shí), 史 (shǐ), 師／师 (shī), 時／时 (shí), 士 (shì), 釋／释 (shì), and 施 (shī)

Words formed from shi

Phrases with shi

Questions about shi

What does shi mean?
Shi means a surname from Mandarin of Chinese origin, the 63rd most common in China.
What is shi the abbreviation of?
Shi is the abbreviation of shibire.
What part of speech is shi?
Shi is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce shi?
Shi is pronounced /ʃaɪ/.

Words near shi in the dictionary

  1. shhed
  2. shhes
  3. shhh
  4. shhing
  5. shhs
  6. shi
  7. shi shi
  8. Shi'a
  9. Shi'a Islam
  10. Shi'a Muslim
  11. Shi'a Muslims

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shi (page history and authors); Shi (page history and authors); shibire (page history and authors); sie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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