Shí (surname)

Shí ([ʂɻ̩̌]) or Shih is the romanization of the Chinese surname. It means "stone." It was one of the "Nine Sogdian Surnames." A 2013 study found it was the 63rd most common surname, shared by 4,550,000 people or 0.340% of the population, with Henan being the province with the most people. It is romanized Shek in Cantonese.

It should not be confused with Shí (surname 時), a rarer surname meaning "time."

Notable people

 * Domee Shi (石之予, Shí Zhīyǔ), Chinese-born Canadian animator, director and screenwriter
 * Jenny Cheok Cheng Kid (石清菊 shí qīngjǘ), Singaporean bar waitress and murder victim
 * Howard S.H. Shyr (石世豪), Chairperson of National Communications Commission of the Republic of China (2012–2016)
 * Jeffrey "Trump" Shih (石謙和), American Hearthstone player
 * Shi Feng (石峰), Chinese swimmer, who competed for China at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
 * Shi Hanqing (石汉青), Chinese pool player and former professional snooker player
 * Shi Hongjun (石鸿俊), Chinese footballer
 * Shi Ke (石柯), Chinese footballer
 * Shi Le (石勒), a Later Zhao ruler from among the Jie
 * Shi Shen (石申), a Wei astronomer
 * Shi Shouxin (石守信), a military general in imperial China, first serving the Later Zhou during the last years of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
 * Shi Xiaotian (石笑天), Chinese football player who currently plays for Chinese Super League
 * Shi Xin Hui (石欣卉), a Malaysian singer, who was one of the five popular new talents emerged from the Channel U's popular singing talent show, Project Superstar 2005 in Singapore
 * Shi Yao (石瑶), Chinese female ice hockey goaltender
 * Shi Zhiyong (weightlifter, born 1980) (石智勇), Chinese weightlifter, Olympic Champion during the 2004 Summer Olympics
 * Shi Zhiyong (weightlifter, born 1993) (石智勇), Chinese weightlifter, Olympic Champion during the 2016 Summer Olympics
 * Shi Zongyuan (石宗源), ethnic Hui, was a politician of the People's Republic of China
 * Shih Chia-hsin (施佳鍟), Taiwanese mayor
 * Shih Chih-wei (石志偉), Taiwanese baseball player for the Lamigo Monkeys
 * Shih Kien (石堅), Hong Kong-based Chinese actor
 * Shih Su-mei (石素梅), Taiwanese politician, Minister of the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (2008-2016)