Shì (surname)

Shì is a Chinese surname. It is not among the 400 most common surnames according to a 2013 study.

Notable people

 * Shi Ci (士賜), the administrator of Rinan Commandery in the Eastern Han dynasty
 * Shi Xie (士燮) (137–226), Shi Ci's son and the administrator of Jiaozhi Commandery in the Eastern Han dynasty and early Three Kingdoms period
 * Shi Xin (士廞), Shi Xie's eldest son
 * Shi Zhi (士祗), Shi Xie's second son
 * Shi Hui (士徽) (165–227), Shi Xie's third son and successor as the administrator of Jiaozhi Commandery in the early Three Kingdoms period
 * Shi Gan (士幹), Shi Xie's fourth son
 * Shi Song (士頌), Shi Xie's fifth son
 * Shi Hui (士䵋), Shi Xie's brother and the Administrator of Jiuzhen Commandery in the Eastern Han dynasty
 * Shi Yi (士壹), Shi Xie's brother and the administrator of Hepu Commandery in the Eastern Han dynasty
 * Shi Kuang (士匡), Shi Yi's son
 * Shi Wu (士武), Shi Xie's brother and the administrator of Nanhai Commandery in the Eastern Han dynasty

是

 * Shi Yi (是儀), official of the Eastern Wu state in the Three Kingdoms period
 * Jay Shih (是元介), a Taiwanese actor, singer and television host.

釋 / 释
釋 is a common surname for Chinese Buddhist monks and nuns. The practice started with the monk Dao'an (312–385), who advocated that all monks and nuns adopt 釋 as their surname, from the Chinese abbreviation of Gautama Buddha's title, Shijiamounifo (釋迦牟尼佛 "Śākyamuni").