Shing (surname)
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PronunciationEnglish:
/sɪŋ/ or /ʃɪŋ/
/sɪŋ/ or /ʃɪŋ/
LanguageOften Chinese
Variant formSing
| Pronunciation | English: /sɪŋ/ or /ʃɪŋ/ |
|---|---|
| Language | Often Chinese |
| Other names | |
| Variant form | Sing |
Shing is a surname.
Shing may be a spelling of multiple Chinese surnames based on different varieties of Chinese, listed below by their romanisation in Mandarin pinyin:
- Chéng (成 but not 程), spelled Sing or Shing based on the Cantonese pronunciation (Yale: Sìhng; Jyutping: Sing4; IPA: /sɪŋ²¹/).[1]
- Shèng (盛), homophonous with the above surname in Cantonese.[2]
- Xīn (辛), spelled Sing or Shing based on its pronunciation in the Teochew dialect of Southern Min (Peng'im: sing¹; IPA: /siŋ³/).[3]
- Xíng (邢), sometimes spelled in non-standard fashion as Shing, based on the Mandarin pronunciation (IPA: /ɕiŋ³⁵/).[4]
Shing is also a surname in other cultures.
