Definitions for SHI
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1. Shi

   Shi is the Chinese word for "poetry". Shi is traditionally the most poetic of the various forms of Chinese poetry. In modern times, shi can and has been used as an umbrella term to mean poetry in any form or language, whether or not Chinese; but, it may imply or be used to refer to certain classical forms of poetry, for example the folk song derived poetry of the Classic of Poetry, the classic reference of shi. The poetry of China has tended to be especially associated in Europe and America with the written word, the exposure to Europeans and Americans of what to them were and often are the novel implications expressed or latent in Chinese characters and the exquisite beauty displayed by some examples of Chinese calligraphy, including often the writing of poetry. Often, the transmission of these aspects of Chinese was indirectly through Japanese adaptations of Chinese poetry forms, such as kanshi, or writing, particularly kanji: one example of this is Ernest Fenollosa. The unfolding of this historical process has resulted in an undue association in the west of Chinese poetry and written literature, especially the Chinese character. This has not been the case in China. Although historically and culturally, in China literature and literacy has a close association with poetry and the ability to write and to chant poems was for long considered an essential part of being scholar, poetry in China has always had a close association with the spoken, or sung, or chanted word. Thus while shi can mean poetry, it carries implications of the meaning of song or ode. In fact, the folk poetry of the illiterate masses, often in the form of songs or ballads, have been an abiding influence upon the shi of the literati, who often reworked these poems or adapted their styles, as is the case, for example with the Shijing, the Chu ci and the whole Ci genre. Indeed, shi can be divided into many categories, such as Biblical Psalms, Classical Chinese poetry, knight-errant poetry; and so, in short, shi today basically overlaps with the term "poetry".

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1. SHI

   What does SHI stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the SHI acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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1. SHI

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shi is ranked #3551 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Shi surname appeared 10,055 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Shi.
   
   96.8% or 9,739 total occurrences were Asian.
   1.8% or 184 total occurrences were White.
   0.5% or 50 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.4% or 46 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.3% or 30 total occurrences were Black.
   0% or 6 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Anagrams for SHI »

1. his

2. His

3. IHS

4. ish

5. Ish

6. hsi

How to pronounce SHI?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say SHI in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of SHI in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of SHI in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of SHI in a Sentence

1. Phillip Smyth:

   It’s clear that they (Afghan and Pakistani recruits) had to accept that role from the Iraqi Shi’ites who were pulled out.

2. Pamela Robey:

   My fellows, Songtao Shi and Stan Gronthos, did the work in my lab, songtao Shi is a dentist, and basically Songtao Shi observed that, when you get a cavity, you get what's called' reparative dentin.' In other words, the tooth is trying to protect itself from that cavity, so it makes a little bit of dentin to kind of plug the hole, so to speak.

3. Cheryl Irving:

   Muharram is a Shi’a cultural observation marking the death of Imam Hussein, this year it falls between Tuesday October 13 and Thursday November 12.

4. Ali Akbar Velayati:

   If Assad and the Syrian people fail in their fight against Takfiri (hardline Sunni Islamist) groups..., their next target will be (Shi'ite-led) Iraq, followed by Iran.

5. Shi Zhengli:

   The unknown viruses that we have discovered are actually just the tip of the iceberg, if we want to protect humans from viruses or avoid a second outbreak of new infectious diseases, we must go in advance to learn of these unknown viruses carried by wild animals in nature and then give early warnings. If we dont study [ the viruses ], there will possibly be another outbreak, she added. Shi Zhengli is seen inside the P4 laboratory in Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei province, on February 23, 2017. ( AFP via Getty Images) A renowned virologist, Shi is best known for her work with bat coronaviruses at her lab at the Wuhan Institute of Virology( WIV). She discovered the natural bat reservoir for the SARS pathogen that spread in southern China from 2002 to 2003. Rumors in mid-April claimed that Shi had been.

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References

1. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=SHI
2. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html