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Definitions

  1. 1. clan name
  2. 2. maiden name

Example Sentences

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《施 食獅史》
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 702624)

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Words Containing 氏

格兰氏阴性
gé lán shì yīn xìng

Gram negative (of bacteria)

巴氏试验
bā shì shì yàn

Pap test (medicine)

源氏物语
yuán shì wù yǔ

The Tale of Genji

布莱氏鹨
bù lái shì liù

(bird species of China) Blyth's pipit (Anthus godlewskii)

赫氏角鹰
hè shì jué yīng

see 鷹鵰|鹰雕[yīng diāo]

布氏菌苗
bù shì jūn miáo

Brucella vaccine

巴氏杀菌
bā shì shā jūn

pasteurization

卢氏
lú shì

Lushi county in Sanmenxia 三門峽|三门峡[sān mén xiá], Henan

李氏朝鲜
lǐ shì cháo xiǎn

Joseon, last Korean dynasty (1392-1910)

氏族
shì zú

clan

大月氏
dà yuè zhī

the Greater Yuezhi, a branch of the Yuezhi 月氏[yuè zhī] people of central Asia during the Han dynasty

阿耳茨海默氏病
ā ěr cí hǎi mò shì bìng

Alzheimer's disease

图雷特氏综合症
tú léi tè shì zōng hé zhèng

Tourette syndrome

高辛氏
gāo xīn shì

one of the five legendary emperors, also called 嚳|喾[kù]

韦氏拼法
wéi shì pīn fǎ

Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)

庞氏
páng shì

Ponzi (name)

唐氏综合症
táng shì zōng hé zhèng

Down syndrome

志贺氏菌病
zhì hè shì jūn bìng

shigellosis

巴金森氏症
bā jīn sēn shì zhèng

Parkinson's disease

元氏县
yuán shì xiàn

Yuanshi county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[shí jiā zhuāng], Hebei

立氏立克次体
lì shì lì kè cì tǐ

Rickettsia rickettsii

亨氏
hēng shì

Heinz (name)

列氏温标
liè shì wēn biāo

Réaumur temperature scale

比氏鹟莺
bǐ shì wēng yīng

(bird species of China) Bianchi's warbler (Seicercus valentini)

旁氏
páng shì

Pond's (brand of skin care products)

里氏震级
lǐ shì zhèn jí

Richter magnitude scale

李斯特氏杆菌
lǐ sī tè shì gǎn jūn

listeria bacillus

巴氏
bā shì

Pasteur

格雷氏解剖学
gé léi shì jiě pōu xué

Gray's Anatomy (medical reference book)

罗氏线圈
luó shì xiàn quān

Rogowski coil

神农氏
shén nóng shì

Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[yán dì] and creator of agriculture in China

普氏野马
pǔ shì yě mǎ

Przevalski horse (Equus przewalskii) wild horse of Central Asia first identified in 1881 by Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski 普爾熱瓦爾斯基|普尔热瓦尔斯基

杜氏腺
dù shì xiàn

Dufour gland (produces female sex hormone in bees)

美尼尔氏综合症
měi ní ěr shì zōng hé zhèng

Meniere's disease (loss of balance after stroke)

华氏度
huá shì dù

degrees Fahrenheit

包柔氏螺旋体
bāo róu shì luó xuán tǐ

Borrelia, genus of Spirochaete bacteria

阿尔茨海默氏病
ā ěr cí hǎi mò shì bìng

Alzheimer's disease

轩辕氏
xuān yuán shì

alternative name for the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝

赛氏篱莺
sài shì lí yīng

(bird species of China) Sykes's warbler (Iduna rama)

土拉弗氏菌
tǔ lā fú shì jūn

Francisella tularensis

女娲氏
nǚ wā shì

Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology)

普氏立克次体
pǔ shì lì kè cì tǐ

Rickettsia prowazekii

休氏旋木雀
xiū shì xuán mù què

(bird species of China) Hume's treecreeper (Certhia manipurensis)

李氏
lǐ shì

the Korean Yi or Lee Dynasty (1392-1910)

卢氏县
lú shì xiàn

Lushi county in Sanmenxia 三門峽|三门峡[sān mén xiá], Henan

里氏
lǐ shì

Richter (scale)

元氏
yuán shì

Yuanshi county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[shí jiā zhuāng], Hebei

亚氏保加
yà shì bǎo jiā

see 阿斯佩爾格爾|阿斯佩尔格尔[ā sī pèi ěr gé ěr]

马氏管
mǎ shì guǎn

Malpighian tubule system (in the insect digestive tract etc)

杜兴氏肌肉营养不良症
dù xīng shì jī ròu yíng yǎng bù liáng zhèng

Duchenne muscular dystrophy

戈氏金丝燕
gē shì jīn sī yàn

(bird species of China) Germain's swiftlet (Aerodramus germani)

摄氏度
shè shì dù

°C (degrees Celsius)

芮氏规模
ruì shì guī mó

Richter scale

芮氏
ruì shì

Richter (scale)

霍氏旋木雀
huò shì xuán mù què

(bird species of China) Hodgson's treecreeper (Certhia hodgsoni)

革兰氏阴性
gé lán shì yīn xìng

Gram negative (bacteria that do not retain Gram stain, often the more dangerous kind)

克雅氏症
kè yǎ shì zhèng

Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease CJD

范氏起电机
fàn shì qǐ diàn jī

Van de Graaff generator

革兰氏染色法
gé lán shì rǎn sè fǎ

Gram stain (used to distinguished two different kinds of bacteria)

尉氏
wèi shì

Weishi county in Kaifeng 開封|开封[kāi fēng], Henan

简氏防务周刊
jiǎn shì fáng wù zhōu kān

Jane's defense weekly

欧氏几何学
ōu shì jǐ hé xué

Euclidean geometry

怀氏虎鸫
huái shì hǔ dōng

(bird species of China) White's thrush (Zoothera aurea)

布氏非鲫
bù shì fēi jì

zebra tilapia

阏氏
yān zhī

formal wife of a Xiongnu chief during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)

杜氏腺体
dù shì xiàn tǐ

Dufour gland (produces female sex hormone in bees)

休氏树莺
xiū shì shù yīng

(bird species of China) Hume's bush warbler (Horornis brunnescens)

阿尔茨海默氏症
ā ěr cí hǎi mò shì zhèng

Alzheimer's disease

史氏蝗莺
shǐ shì huáng yīng

(bird species of China) Styan's grasshopper warbler (Locustella pleskei)

霍氏鹰鹃
huò shì yīng juān

(bird species of China) Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx nisicolor)

卡波西氏肉瘤
kǎ bō xī shì ròu liú

Kaposi's sarcoma

克氏原螯虾
kè shì yuán áo xiā

red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii); Louisiana crawfish

包氏螺旋体
bāo shì luó xuán tǐ

Borrelia, genus of Spirochaete bacteria

普氏小羚羊
pǔ shì xiǎo líng yáng

Przevalski's gazelle (Procapra przewalskii) of Central Asia

马氏珍珠贝
mǎ shì zhēn zhū bèi

pearl oyster (genus Pinctada)

段氏
duàn shì

a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people

休氏白喉林莺
xiū shì bái hóu lín yīng

(bird species of China) Hume's whitethroat (Sylvia althaea)

罗氏几何
luó shì jǐ hé

hyperbolic geometry

谱氏
pǔ shì

family tree

李斯特氏菌
lǐ sī tè shì jūn

listeria bacillus

庞氏骗局
páng shì piàn jú

Ponzi scheme

梅氏腺
méi shì xiàn

Mehlis gland

家乐氏
jiā lè shì

Kellogg's (US food manufacturing company)

维氏
wéi shì

Victorinox (knife manufacturer)

唐氏儿
táng shì ér

Down's syndrome child

华氏
huá shì

Fahrenheit

克隆氏病
kè lóng shì bìng

Crohn's disease

布氏杆菌病
bù shì gǎn jūn bìng

brucellosis (undulant fever or Mediterranean fever)

亚伯氏症
yà bó shì zhèng

Apert syndrome

弗氏鸥
fú shì ōu

(bird species of China) Franklin's gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)

摄氏
shè shì

Celsius

麦氏贼鸥
mài shì zéi ōu

(bird species of China) South Polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki)

沙门氏菌
shā mén shì jūn

Salmonella

戈氏岩鹀
gē shì yán wú

(bird species of China) Godlewski's bunting (Emberiza godlewskii)

吕氏春秋
lǚ shì chūn qiū

lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhū zǐ bǎi jiā], compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代[qín dài] Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦[Lu:3 bù wéi]

普氏
pǔ shì

Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski 普爾熱瓦爾斯基|普尔热瓦尔斯基 (1839-1888), Russian explorer who made four expeditions to Central Asian from 1870

肺炎克雷伯氏菌
fèi yán kè léi bó shì jūn

Klebsiella pnenmoniae

燧人氏
suì rén shì

Suirenshi, legendary inventor of fire

布鲁氏菌病
bù lǔ shì jūn bìng

Brucella (infectious disease)

无名氏
wú míng shì

anonymous (e.g. author, donor etc)

盘古氏
pán gǔ shì

Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology)

人氏
rén shì

native

阿狄森氏病
ā dí sēn shì bìng

Addison's disease

罗氏
luó shì

Roche

月氏
yuè zhī

ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty

吉伯特氏症候群
jí bó tè shì zhèng hòu qún

Gilbert's syndrome

梯氏鸫
tī shì dōng

(bird species of China) Tickell's thrush (Turdus unicolor)

左氏春秋
zuǒ shì chūn qiū

Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[zuǒ qiū míng]

克氏黑鳍鳈
kè shì hēi qí quán

Cherskii's thicklip gudgeon (Sarcocheilichthys czerskii), a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the Amur River basin

欧氏
ōu shì

Euclid

伤寒沙门氏菌
shāng hán shā mén shì jūn

salmonella typhimurium

郎格罕氏岛
láng gé hǎn shì dǎo

islets of Langerhans (medicine)

克雷伯氏菌属
kè léi bó shì jūn shǔ

Klebsiella

庖牺氏
páo xī shì

another name for 伏羲[fú xī], consort of 女媧|女娲[Nu:3 wā]

革兰氏
gé lán shì

Mr Gram

伏羲氏
fú xī shì

Fuxi or Fu Hsi, legendary Chinese emperor 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping, and writing

卫氏朝鲜
wèi shì cháo xiǎn

Wiman Korea (195-108 BC), historical kingdom in Manchuria, Liaoning and North Korea

威氏注音法
wēi shì zhù yīn fǎ

Wade-Giles transliteration scheme for Chinese

韦氏鹟莺
wéi shì wēng yīng

(bird species of China) Whistler's warbler (Seicercus whistleri)

尉氏县
wèi shì xiàn

Weishi county in Kaifeng 開封|开封[kāi fēng], Henan

唐氏症
táng shì zhèng

Down's syndrome

梅氏
méi shì

Charles Messier (1730-1817), French astronomer who catalogued nebulas and galaxies

春秋左氏传
chūn qiū zuǒ shì zhuàn

Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[zuǒ qiū míng]

布氏苇莺
bù shì wěi yīng

(bird species of China) Blyth's reed warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)

姓氏
xìng shì

family name