Meaning of shì:
shì
氏
Noun
clan name; maiden name
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Zài zhōngguó gǔdài, rénmen yǐ xìng shì qūfēn bùtóng de jiāzú.
在中国古代，人们以姓氏区分不同的家族。
In ancient China, people used clan names to distinguish different families.
Tā de mǔqīn de shì míng shì Wáng.
她的母亲的氏名是王。
Her mother's maiden name is Wang.
Suffixe
see 月氏[Yue4 zhi1] and 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1]
Zhè ge jiāzú de xìng shì Lǐ, tāmen de zhīzú hěn yǒu lìshǐ.
这个家族的姓是李，他们的氏族很有历史。
The surname of this family is Li; their clan has a long history.
