氏

shì

(bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏[Wang2 shi4] "the Wang clan")

(bound form) maiden name; née (as in 李王氏[Li3 Wang2 shi4] "Mrs. Li, née Wang"); (bound form) honorific suffix added to the surname or full name of a notable person, esp. historical or scholarly figures

这本书记载了当地王氏家族的历史。

zhè běn shū jì zǎi le dāng dì wáng shì jiā zú de lì shǐ.

This book records the history of the local Wang clan.

她嫁给李家后，村里老人仍叫她李王氏。

tā jià gěi lǐ jiā hòu, cūn lǐ lǎo rén réng jiào tā lǐ wáng shì.

After she married into the Li family, the village elders still called her Mrs. Li née Wang.

Words with 氏

里氏

lǐ shì

(seismology) Richter (scale)

里氏震级

lǐ shì zhèn jí

(seismology) Richter scale

金氏

jīn shì

Guinness (name) (Tw)

阏氏

yān zhī

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

革兰氏

gé lán shì

Mr Gram

革兰氏染色法

gé lán shì rǎn sè fǎ

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

阿尔茨海默氏病

ā ěr cí hǎi mò shì bìng

Alzheimer's disease

阿尔茨海默氏症

ā ěr cí hǎi mò shì zhèng

Alzheimer's disease

阿狄森氏病

ā dí sēn shì bìng

Addison's disease

霍氏旋木雀

huò shì xuán mù què

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

霍氏鹰鹃

huò shì yīng juān

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

革兰氏阴性

gé lán shì yīn xìng

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