shih tzu

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English

Noun

shih tzu (plural shih tzus or shih tzu)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Shih Tzu.
    • 2014 November, Elaine Viets, chapter 6, in A Dog Gone Murder: Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper (An Obsidian Mystery), Obsidian, Penguin Group, →ISBN, page 37:
      "And who is your baby?" he asked Jane. / "Stuart Little," she said. "He's a shih tzu." / "We love shih tzus," Uncle Bob said. "Let me show you all the fun things we have for Stuart."
    • 2015, Lisa Genova, chapter 2, in Inside the O’Briens: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Gallery Books, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 11:
      She came home from the animal shelter with a shih tzu. He still thinks she did that just to spite him, her way of getting in the last word. [] Yaz is a good dog, and Joe is man enough to be seen out in Charlestown walking a shih tzu. As long as Rosie doesn't dress the pooch in one of those friggin' sweaters.

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Etymology

From the Wade-Giles romanisation shih1-tzu0 of Mandarin 獅子 / 狮子 (shīzi, lion), from 獅子狗 / 狮子狗 (shīzigǒu, literally lion dog).

Noun

shih tzu

  1. shih tzu, Shih Tzu (breed of dog)

Declension

Inflection of shih tzu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative shih tzu shih tzut
genitive shih tzun shih tzujen
partitive shih tzua shih tzuja
illative shih tzuun shih tzuihin
singular plural
nominative shih tzu shih tzut
accusative nom. shih tzu shih tzut
gen. shih tzun
genitive shih tzun shih tzujen
partitive shih tzua shih tzuja
inessive shih tzussa shih tzuissa
elative shih tzusta shih tzuista
illative shih tzuun shih tzuihin
adessive shih tzulla shih tzuilla
ablative shih tzulta shih tzuilta
allative shih tzulle shih tzuille
essive shih tzuna shih tzuina
translative shih tzuksi shih tzuiksi
abessive shih tzutta shih tzuitta
instructive shih tzuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of shih tzu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative shih tzuni shih tzuni
accusative nom. shih tzuni shih tzuni
gen. shih tzuni
genitive shih tzuni shih tzujeni
partitive shih tzuani shih tzujani
inessive shih tzussani shih tzuissani
elative shih tzustani shih tzuistani
illative shih tzuuni shih tzuihini
adessive shih tzullani shih tzuillani
ablative shih tzultani shih tzuiltani
allative shih tzulleni shih tzuilleni
essive shih tzunani shih tzuinani
translative shih tzukseni shih tzuikseni
abessive shih tzuttani shih tzuittani
instructive
comitative shih tzuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative shih tzusi shih tzusi
accusative nom. shih tzusi shih tzusi
gen. shih tzusi
genitive shih tzusi shih tzujesi
partitive shih tzuasi shih tzujasi
inessive shih tzussasi shih tzuissasi
elative shih tzustasi shih tzuistasi
illative shih tzuusi shih tzuihisi
adessive shih tzullasi shih tzuillasi
ablative shih tzultasi shih tzuiltasi
allative shih tzullesi shih tzuillesi
essive shih tzunasi shih tzuinasi
translative shih tzuksesi shih tzuiksesi
abessive shih tzuttasi shih tzuittasi
instructive
comitative shih tzuinesi