Si

A river in Shandong, China.

Proper noun

  1. A river in Shandong, China.
  2. A county of Suzhou, Anhui, China.
    • Dong Xuefeng, head of the Huangwei Township Central School in Sixian County, Anhui province, told a school gathering on Monday that Christmas was a disgrace to the Chinese people because of past humiliations inflicted...
    • Si county in Anhui province locked down its 760,000 residents and suspended public traffic as it reported 288 cases on Saturday. - 2022 July 4, Sophie Yu, Stella Qiu, Ryan Woo, “Eastern China cities tighten COVID curbs...
    • Most of Anhui’s cases were identified in Suzhou’s Si County, where on Wednesday the authorities ordered its 760,000 residents to refrain from going out unless it was necessary. - 2022 July 5, Zixu Wang, “Covid Outbreak...
  3. Various prefectures of imperial China.
  4. A surname from Mandarin.

Origin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciations of Chinese 泗 (Sì), 肆 (Sì), and 姒 (Sì, “a surname, older brother's wife”).

Forms

Su Ssu Szu

Synonyms

Sixian Ssu-hsien Sizhou Ssu-chou

Proper noun Entry 2

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Simon.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Simone.
  3. A diminutive of the male given name Silas.

Origin

From clipping of various words beginning with the syllable /saɪ/.

Forms

Sy

Proper noun alt of, alternative

  1. Alternative form of Xi.