GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 107

施

施 is read as shī.

Pinyin

shī

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 施

Basic meaning

bestow; apply; carry out

Five element

Water

Origin

Time: Spring and Autumn Lu/Wu surname traditions; Spring and Autumn tradition, 770-476 BCE

Place: Eastern China, especially Lu and Wu cultural regions

Origin note

Shi surname traditions include place, fief and ancestor-name layers in eastern China. The page avoids reducing the surname to the everyday verb 'bestow'.

Historical figures

施耐庵 (Shi Nai'an)

traditionally 14th century · novelist

Traditionally associated with Water Margin.

施琅 (Shi Lang)

1621-1696 CE · Qing admiral

A Qing naval commander.

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