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).

plural of sheng

A Kenyan cant based on Swahili and English.

plural of sheng nu

Alternative spelling of sheng nu

(derogatory) A woman in her mid- to late twenties and not yet married, particularly an unmarried successful businesswoman.

(China) A man who has for an extended amount of time been unable to find a romantic, interpersonal or physically intimate relationship.

Alternative spelling of sheng nu

Alternative spelling of sheng nu

(historical) In ancient China, a scholar who has passed the entry-level examination to study at a college.