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In Chinese, they are traditionally called simply shi (Chinese: 獅; pinyin: shī) meaning lion—the word shi itself is thought to be derived from the Persian word šer. [2] Lions were first presented to the Han court by emissaries from Central Asia and Persia , and were already popularly depicted as guardian figures by the sixth century AD. [ 3 ]
Chinese guardian lions, also known as a shishi; Shishi (organization), Japanese political activists of the late Edo period; Shi Shi (giant panda) (c. 1970s – 2008) Shishi (TV program) an Israeli news and current affairs program; Shishi High School, in Chengdu, Sichuan, China; Shishi Ranger, of the Dairangers from Gosei Sentai Dairanger
Shishi (Chinese: 石狮; pinyin: Shíshī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chio̍h-sai) is a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city Quanzhou, in Fujian province, People's Republic of China. The city has an area of 160 square kilometres (62 sq mi) with a population of 685,930 residents in 2020. [1]
The Double-Tongued Dictionary gives three possible etymologies for "shishi": imitative from the sound of urinating, Japanese reduplicated shi from shiko "urinate" (sic., probably shito 尿 "urine"), or Portuguese xixi "urinate". There is a Japanese kanji joke based on 五-四-四 "5-4-4", which can be read go-shi-shi in Japanese. Thus, “I ...
Sun Sheng Xi (Chinese: 孫盛希; born 13 November 1990), also known as Shi Shi (Chinese: 希希), is a Taiwanese-South Korean singer, songwriter and record producer. [1] In 2019, Sun won the Golden Melody Award for Best Mandarin Album for her fourth studio album, Shi's Journey. It was also her first win at the music awards. [2] [3] [4]
Shi Shi (Chinese: 石世; 339–349) was briefly (for 33 days) the emperor of the Jie-led Later Zhao dynasty of China following his father Shi Hu's death in 349. [1] In the Chinese annals, he is sometimes referred to by his title after removal as an Emperor, Prince of Qiao ( 譙王 ).
It is an ancient Chinese musical piece based on a poem by Tang dynasty poet Wang Wei (699-759). In another tone and style, in the previous dynasty. The "previous dynasty" refers to the Northern Song dynasty. only Madam Li (Li Shishi) was capable of doing that. (解唱《陽關》別調聲，前朝惟有李夫人)
Shishi from Mito were responsible for the death of the shogunal grand councilor Ii Naosuke, who was a signatory to treaties that favored foreign nations, and who had placed an underaged boy on the shogunal throne.