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氏

shì

HSK 6 Character

What 氏 means

1. bound formfamily name; surname (as in {王氏|Wáng shì} "the Wang clan")
2. bound formmaiden name; née (as in {李王氏|Lǐ Wáng shì} "Mrs. Li, née Wang")
3. bound formhonorific suffix added to the surname or full name of a notable person, esp. historical or scholarly figures

Other readings

氏 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhīused in {月氏|Yuè zhī}; used in {阏氏|yān zhī}

Example sentences

• 你的姓氏怎么写？
  Nǐ de xìngshì zěnme xiě?
  How is your last name written?
• 你的姓氏怎幺写？
  How is your surname written?
• 水在摄氏零度时结冰。
  Shuǐ zài Shèshì língdù shí jiébīng.
  Water freezes at zero degrees Celsius.
• 今天气温是华氏七十度。
  Jīntiān qìwēn shì Huáshì qīshí dù.
  The temperature today is seventy degrees Fahrenheit.
• 水在华氏32度结成冰。
  Shuǐ zài Huá shì 32 dù jiéchéng bīng.
  Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
• 水在摄氏0度时结成冰。
  Shuǐ zài Shèshì 0 dù shí jiéchéng bīng.
  Water freezes at 0 degrees Centigrade.

Words starting with 氏

• 氏族shì zúclan

Words containing 氏

• 摄氏度Shè shì dù°C (degrees Celsius)
• 姓氏xìng shìfamily name
• 摄氏Shè shìCelsius; centigrade
• 无名氏wú míng shìanonymous person
• 人氏rén shìnative; person from a particular place
• 巴氏Bā shìPasteur
• 旁氏Páng shìPond's (brand of skin care products)
• 普氏Pǔ shìNikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski 普尔热瓦尔斯基 (1839-1888), Russian explorer who made four…
• 月氏Yuè zhīancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty
• 李氏Lǐ shìthe Korean Yi or Lee Dynasty (1392-1910)
• 梅氏Méi shìCharles Messier (1730-1817), French astronomer who catalogued nebulas and galaxies
• 欧氏Ōu shìEuclid; abbr. for 欧几里得
• 段氏Duàn shìa branch of the Xianbei 鲜卑 nomadic people
• 维氏Wéi shìVictorinox (Swiss knife brand)
• 罗氏Luó shìRoche, a Swiss multinational healthcare company that focuses on pharmaceuticals and…
• 华氏Huá shìFahrenheit
• 里氏Lǐ shì(seismology) Richter (scale)
• 元氏县Yuán shì XiànYuanshi, a county in Shijiazhuang City 石家庄市
• 唐氏儿táng shì érchild with Down syndrome
• 唐氏症táng shì zhèng(Taiwan) Down syndrome
• 大月氏Dà Yuè zhīthe Greater Yuezhi, a branch of the Yuezhi 月氏
• 奥氏体ào shì tǐ(metallurgy) austenite; austenitic
• 家乐氏Jiā lè shìKellogg's (US food manufacturing company)
• 盘古氏Pán gǔ shìPangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology)

Characters that look like 氏

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 民mín(bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country
• 瓦wǎroof tile; abbr. for 瓦特
• 孔kǒnghole; classifier for cave dwellings
• 凤fèngphoenix

Sounds the same

Read shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 是to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…
• 事matter; thing; item
• 视(literary, or bound form) to look at
• 室room; work unit; grave
• 世life; age; generation
• 市market; city; municipality (administrative unit)
• 试to test; to try; experiment
• 式type; form; pattern
• 示to show; to reveal
• 适to fit; suitable; proper
• 士member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor
• 释to explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 释迦牟尼