jīng shen
vigor
vitality
drive
spiritual
Shēn
old name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3]
surname Shen
Shěn Cóng wén
Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist
Shuō wén jiě zì
Shuowen, the original Han dynasty dictionary by Xu Shen 許慎|许慎
shěn shen
wife of father's younger brother
aunt
Shēn xiàn
Shen county in Liaocheng 聊城[Liao2 cheng2], Shandong
Xǔ Shèn
Xu Shen (-147) the compiler of the original Han dynasty dictionary Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字|说文解字[Shuo1 wen2 Jie3 zi4]
Sòng shū
History of Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4] or Liu Song 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], sixth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Shen Yue 沈約|沈约[Shen2 Yue4] in 488 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁[Nan2 chao2 Liang2], 100 scrolls
(not to be confused with 宋史[Song4 shi3])
Chén Xǐng shēn
Shiing-Shen Chern (1911-2004), Chinese-American mathematician
shēn shēn
cosy and comfortable
to repeat endlessly
Shěn Yuē
Shen Yue (441-513), writer and historian during Liang of Southern dynasties 南朝梁, compiler of History of Song of the Southern dynasties 宋書|宋书
tí qǐ jīng shen
to raise one's spirits
to take courage
Shěn yíng
Shen ying of Wu, governor (268-280) of coastal province of Wu and compiler of Seaboard geographic gazetteer 臨海水土誌|临海水土志
Shěn Fù
Shen Fu (1763-c. 1810), Qing dynasty writer, author of Six records of a floating life 浮生六記|浮生六记[fu2 sheng1 liu4 ji4]
Shēn Bù hài
Shen Buhai (385-337 BC), legalist political thinker
Bù jí hé
Buji River, tributary of Shenzhen or Shamchun river 深圳河[Shēn zhèn hé], Guangdong
Lín hǎi shuǐ tǔ zhì
Seaboard geographic gazetteer (c. 275) by Shen Ying 沈瑩|沈莹
Shěn Bǎo zhēn
Shen Baozhen (1820-1879), Qing Minister of the Navy, founded Fuzhou Naval College 船政學堂|船政学堂[Chuan2 zheng4 Xue2 tang2] in 1866
Mèng Xī Bǐ tán
Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括[Shen3 Kuo4], book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass
Shuō wén Jiě zì
Shuowen Jiezi, the original Han dynasty Chinese character dictionary with 10,516 entries, authored by Xu Shen 許慎|许慎[Xu3 Shen4] in 2nd century
Shěn Guó fàng
Shen Guofang (1952-), PRC assistant minister of foreign affairs (2003-2005)
Shěn Kuò
Shen Kuo (1031-1095), Chinese polymath, scientist and statesman of Song dynasty, author of Dream Pool Essays 夢溪筆談|梦溪笔谈[Meng4 Xi1 Bi3 tan2]
Zēng Shēn
Zeng Shen (505-435 BC), a.k.a. 曾子[Zeng1 zi3], student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学[Da4 xue2]