shen

See also: shén, shèn, Shén, shēn, and shěn

Mandarin

Romanization

shen

1. Nonstandard spelling of shēn.
2. Nonstandard spelling of shén.
3. Nonstandard spelling of shěn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of shèn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish sin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛᵈn/

Determiner

shen

1. (used with the definite article) that

   yn fer shen ― that man

Pronoun

shen

1. that

   Shen my voir.

   That is my mother.

Derived terms

• er shen
• voish shen

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
shen	hen after "yn", çhen	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish cien.

Numeral

shen

1. hundred (100)