氏
shì
Meaning
(bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏[Wang2 shi4] "the Wang clan"); (bound form) maiden name; née (as in 李王氏[Li3 Wang2 shi4] "Mrs. Li, née Wang"); (bound form) honorific suffix added to the surname or full name of a notable person, esp. historical or scholarly figures
Other reading: zhī
used in 月氏[Yue4 zhi1]; used in 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1]
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摄氏度 Shè shì dù °C姓氏 xìng shì family name巴氏 Bā shì Pasteur段氏 Duàn shì a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people亨氏 Hēng shì Heinz华氏 Huá shì Fahrenheit金氏 Jīn shì Guinness李氏 Lǐ shì the Korean Yi or Lee Dynasty里氏 Lǐ shì Richter卢氏 Lú shì see 盧氏縣|卢氏县[Lu2 shi4 Xian4]罗氏 Luó shì Roche, a Swiss multinational healthcare company that focuses on pharmaceuticals and diagnostics梅氏 Méi shì Charles Messier, French astronomer who catalogued nebulas and galaxies欧氏 Ōu shì Euclid旁氏 Páng shì Pond's庞氏 Páng shì Ponzi普氏 Pǔ shì Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski 普爾熱瓦爾斯基|普尔热瓦尔斯基, Russian explorer who made four expeditions to Central Asian from 1870芮氏 Ruì shì Richter摄氏 Shè shì Celsius维氏 Wéi shì Victorinox尉氏 Wèi shì see 尉氏縣|尉氏县[Wei4 shi4 Xian4]元氏 Yuán shì see 元氏縣|元氏县[Yuan2 shi4 Xian4]月氏 Yuè zhī ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty谱氏 pǔ shì family tree