Si — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. A diminutive of the male given name Simon.

2. A diminutive of the female given name Simone.

3. A diminutive of the male given name Silas.

Proper noun

1. A river in Shandong, China.

2. A county of Suzhou, Anhui, China.

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   Dong Xuefeng, head of the Huangwei Township Central School in Sixian County, Anhui province, told a school gathering on Monday that Christmas was a disgrace to the Chinese people because of past humiliations inflicted on the nation by mostly Christian invaders.

   Si county in Anhui province locked down its 760,000 residents and suspended public traffic as it reported 288 cases on Saturday.

   More examples (1)

   Most of Anhui’s cases were identified in Suzhou’s Si County, where on Wednesday the authorities ordered its 760,000 residents to refrain from going out unless it was necessary.

3. Various prefectures of imperial China.

   Usage

   • Historical

4. A surname from Mandarin.

   Usage

   • Historical

Noun

1. a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors

   Synonyms

   siliconatomic number 14

   Broader terms

   semiconductorsemiconducting material