Shih
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Old English spelling for the Mandarin sound shi
- noun
- Archaic
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Shih (romanización Wade-Giles)
- Shih Tzu
Examples
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The word for 'Yes' is 'shih'.
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No, but I look like a shih tzu.
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I look like just a little shih tzu.
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Where did you get this little shih tzu, Billy?
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We ain't never had a shih tzu in here.
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It's pronounced "shih tzu."
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In older texts, the Wade-Giles romanization for 'shi' is represented as shih.
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The pronunciation of the Chinese syllable 'shi' is often written as shih.
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Many Chinese names are transcribed using the term shih in historical English documents.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shih is an older English spelling from the Wade-Giles system used to show the Mandarin sound now written as 'shi' in modern Pinyin, so you will find Shih in many older books and dictionaries instead of 'shi'.
