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I don’t think this would be a good name in China, because it sounds like the word for death in Chinese.
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I completely understand where you're coming from, but I feel like, since Shi is already a relatively common and established name in Chinese culture, that people would be able to differentiate. Just an observation.
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Anglophones, try to understand that other languages exist (impossible).
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Lovely. By the way, those immature commenters who hate this name because it is "weird" or too close to sh*t, grow up! Cannot you read that this is Chinese? I just simply cannot believe how narrow-minded people are nowadays!
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Shi is the coolest name, my g has this name.
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@Anonymous Users bruh can u grow up? Shi is CHINESE, not ENGLISH, so the way you pronounce it isn't even close to sh*t.
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Imagine if your surname started with a T. Shi T.
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Add a "T" on the end and see what you get...
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This is not pronounced like the English word "she", but more like "shirt" without the "t" and without moving your jaw. IPA: [ʂɻ̩] or [ʂɨ].
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I agree with the user raincoatdance that the pronunciation currently listed is wrong. The consonant is right but the vowel is wrong. The tongue is further back in the mouth in "shi" than in "ee" ('i' in IPA), and I agree that it sounds more like "sher" in English but with your mouth more closed.
As for the IPA, it seems like there's a few different ways to represent this sound (they call it an "apical vowel") in Standard Mandarin via IPA. I think the most widely agreed upon is /ʂɻ̩/, but also used I've also seen /ʂʅ/, /ʂʐ̩/, and /ʂɨ/ used.
Here's some sources I used for the IPA stuff:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Mandarin
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Chinese_phonology#Syllabic_consonants (cites specific instances when different IPA is used in different academic works)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/pronunciation/The_%22ch%22_%22sh%22_and_%22zh%22_sounds
https://www.reddit.com/r/linguistics/comments/1mzuoj/the_i_in_mandarin_wikipedias_ipa_page_seems_wrong/?rdt=57902 (reddit post where people discuss the different IPA representations of the apical vowel) [noted -ed]
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As for the IPA, it seems like there's a few different ways to represent this sound (they call it an "apical vowel") in Standard Mandarin via IPA. I think the most widely agreed upon is /ʂɻ̩/, but also used I've also seen /ʂʅ/, /ʂʐ̩/, and /ʂɨ/ used.
Here's some sources I used for the IPA stuff:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Mandarin
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Chinese_phonology#Syllabic_consonants (cites specific instances when different IPA is used in different academic works)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/pronunciation/The_%22ch%22_%22sh%22_and_%22zh%22_sounds
https://www.reddit.com/r/linguistics/comments/1mzuoj/the_i_in_mandarin_wikipedias_ipa_page_seems_wrong/?rdt=57902 (reddit post where people discuss the different IPA representations of the apical vowel) [noted -ed]
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Too close to the swear word.
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Shi is a perfectly Chinese name, and to all those English-speaking people, Chinese people would find English names just as weird. So, respect other people's opinions.
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Ew.
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Shi Huangdi was a Chinese emporer.
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I stand corrected for my comment about He. Shi is just as ugly, and everyone will spell it "she".
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