1. sheng - Noun
2. Sheng - Proper noun
sheng (plural shengs)
A Chinese wind instrument, a free-reed mouth organ consisting of 13 or more bamboo pipes of various lengths, which are fixed at their bases in a wind chest made from a dried gourd (or, more recently, wood or chrome-plated brass).
Sheng
A Kenyan cant based on Swahili and English.
Below the level of the province (sheng 省) were prefectures (fu 府) operating under a prefect (zhifu 知府), followed by subprefectures (zhou 州) under a subprefect. Source: Internet
Chun Sheng was the third cub to be born in the centre this year after a pair of male cubs, which had been delivered by 16-year-old panda Fuwa, or the 'lucky doll'. Source: Internet
Ceramic movable type Bi Sheng (毕昇/畢昇) (990–1051) developed the first known movable-type system for printing in China around 1040 AD during the Northern Song dynasty, using ceramic materials. Source: Internet
Bibliothèque nationale de France The Chinese inventor Bi Sheng made movable type of earthenware circa 1045, but there are no known surviving examples of his printing. Source: Internet
Fraser & Haber, 227. *1041–1048 – Artisan Bi Sheng of Song dynasty China invents movable type printing using individual ceramic characters. Source: Internet
Further reading * Ma Huan : Ying Yai Sheng Lan, The Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores, translated by J.V.G. Mills, 1970 Hakluyt Society, reprint 1997 White Lotus Press. Source: Internet