Shen

proper nounattested in dialogue

//ˈʃɛn//

A surname.

proper noun

1
A surname.
2
A river in Hubei, China.
3
historicalA former prefecture of imperial China now within Hengshui, Hebei.

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).

Forms

plural: Shens

sheltered · Protected, as from wind or weather.Shelton · A surname.shen · A deity or a spirit, in Chinese folk religion.

Shen · A surname.

sheng · A Chinese wind instrument, a free-reed mouth organ consisting…Sheng · A Kenyan cant based on Swahili and English.shep · starling

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