name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
shen
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈʃɛn/
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shǔn
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rhymes with -ɛn
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CMU ARPABET: SH EH1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A river in Hubei, China.
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name
Meaning 3
A former prefecture of imperial China now within Hengshui, Hebei.
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Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 4
A deity or a spirit, in Chinese folk religion.
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noun
Meaning 5
In Chinese mythology, a shapeshifting dragon or shellfish-type sea monster believed to create mirages.
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Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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History
Etymology
* As a Chinese surname of multiple origins: ** Mandarin form of 沈 ** Mandarin form of 申 (shēn) ** Mandarin form of 慎 (shèn) ** Mandarin form of 莘 (see Xin) ** Variant Romanization of 孫 /孙, see Sun. ** Variant Romanization of 陳 /陈 (chén), also another Mandarin form of 諶 /谌, see Chen. * As a European surname of multiple origins: ** Variant form of Dutch Schoen, from schoen (“shoe”) ** Variant form of German Schoen, from schön (“beautiful, nice”) * As a river and former Chinese prefecture, from the Wade–Giles and Hanyu Pinyin romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 深 (Shēn).
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 深河 (Shēnhé) — River in Hubei, China
- Chinese Mandarin: 深州 (Shēnzhōu) — Former prefecture of imperial China