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Sheng is also the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written with the Chinese character 盛. It is romanized as Shing based on its Cantonese pronunciation, or Seng based on its Southern Min pronunciations. Sheng is listed 146th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. [1]
Sheng is primarily a Swahili and English-based cant, perhaps a mixed language or creole, originating among the urban youth of Nairobi, Kenya, and influenced by many of the languages spoken there. While primarily a language of urban youths, it has spread across social classes and geographically to neighbouring Tanzania and Uganda .
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/).
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Shén (in rising 2nd tone) is the Modern Standard Chinese pronunciation of 神 "god, deity; spirit, spiritual, supernatural; awareness, consciousness etc". Reconstructions of shén in Middle Chinese (ca. 6th-10th centuries CE) include dź'jěn (Bernhard Karlgren, substituting j for his "yod medial"), źiɪn (Zhou Fagao), ʑin (Edwin G. Pulleyblank, "Late Middle"), and zyin (William H. Baxter).
Sheng nü (Chinese: 剩女; pinyin: shèngnǚ), translated as 'leftover women' or 'leftover ladies', are women who remain unmarried in their late twenties and beyond in China. The term was popularized by the All-China Women's Federation .
Sheng may refer to: Sheng (instrument) (笙), a Chinese wind instrument; Sheng (surname) (盛), a Chinese surname; Sheng (Chinese opera), a major role in Chinese opera; Sheng (volume) (升), ancient Chinese unit of volume, approximately 1 liter; Sheng pu'er, a type of pu-erh tea; Provinces of China (省), administrative divisions called shěng ...
Ng Yi Sheng (born 1980), Singaporean writer; Ng Yong Li (born 1985), Malaysian professional racing cyclist; Darren Ng Wei Jie (1991–2010), Singaporean murder victim; Agnes Ng Siew Heok, Singaporean murder victim of the Toa Payoh child murders; Ng Soo Hin (1971–1993), Singaporean murderer; Ng Lee Kheng (1971–1990), Singaporean murder victim