Shí ([ʂɻ̩̌]) or Shih is the romanization of the Chinese surname石. It means "stone." It was one of the "Nine Sogdian Surnames."[1] 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
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
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