shi

See also: shī, shí, shǐ, shì, shį, and shį́

shi - English

Pronunciation

  • (pronoun) IPA: [ʃaɪ] - expressly not [ʃi]

Noun

shi (uncountable)

  1. Apocopic form of shit
  2. (genetics) Abbreviation of shibire.

Derived terms

shibire

Pronoun

shi

  1. (rare, furry fandom) Alternative form of sie (gender-neutral pronoun)

Synonyms

  • see English third-person singular pronouns
  • hir (objective form)

Interjection

shi

  1. Apocopic form of shit

Anagrams

shi - Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ʃi]

Noun

shi m (indefinite plural shira, definite singular shiu, definite plural shirat)

  1. rain

Declension

indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative shi shira shiu shirat
accusative shiun
dative shiu shirave shiut shiravet
ablative shirash

shi - Aromanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ʃi]

Conjunction

shi

  1. and
  2. also

shi - Dena'ina

Pronoun

shi

  1. I, me (first-person singular)

shi - Drung

Verb

shi

  1. to die

shi - Esperanto

Pronoun

shi

  1. H-system spelling of ŝi

shi - Hausa

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ʃí/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [ʃɪ́]

Pronoun

shi m sg (feminine ita, plural su)

  1. he (3rd person singular pronoun)

shi - Japanese

Romanization

shi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of
  2. Rōmaji transcription of
  3. Rōmaji transcription of しっ

shi - Jingpho

Numeral

shi

  1. ten

shi - Kwama

Noun

shi

  1. tooth

shi - Mandarin

Romanization

shi (shi5shi0, Zhuyin ˙ㄕ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𥫽

shi

  1. Nonstandard spelling of shī.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of shí.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of shǐ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of shì.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

shi - Maquiritari

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ʃi]

Verb

shi

  1. (transitive) to tear, to slash, to scratch

Derived terms

shi - Scots

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ʃɪ/

Pronoun

shi

  1. (South Scots, personal) she

Usage notes

Used alongside the English she (/ʃiː/).

Meaning and Definition of shi
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