Shashi

Shashi

See also: shashi and shàshí

English

Alternative forms

• (postal romanization) Shasi
• (from Wade–Giles) Sha-shih
• Shasze

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 沙市 (Shāshì).

Pronunciation

• enPR: shäʹshûrʹ, shäʹsēʹ

Proper noun

Shashi

1. A district of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
   • 2022 January 27, Ai Mo, “Churches in Hubei, Sichuan Conduct Visits Before Spring Festival”, in China Christian Daily‎, archived from the original on 17 February 2022‎:

     In January, pastors from Shashi Church in Jingzhou, Hubei, and leaders of gathering sites paid visits to nursing homes, families in need, and rural households in the suburbs.

Translations

district in central China

Chinese: Mandarin: 沙市 (zh) (Shāshì) Japanese: please add this translation if you can

References

1. Shabad, Theodore (1972), “Index”, in China's Changing Map‎, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, LCCN 71-178868, OCLC 482667885, pages 345, 361:

   Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles: […] (1) the Post Office system, […] (2) the Wade-Giles system, […] shown after the main entry […] (3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parentheses […] Shasi (Shashi, Shashih)

Further reading

• Shashi at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “Shashi”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Anagrams

• Hashis, Shiahs, shahis, shisha