Meaning of shì:

shì

Noun

clan name; maiden name

Zài zhōngguó gǔdài, rénmen yǐ xìng shì qūfēn bùtóng de jiāzú.

在中国古代,人们以姓区分不同的家族。

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,他们的族很有历史。

The surname of this family is Li; their clan has a long history.

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