Muchikamu chesangano guru recynological amburera "Fédération Cynologique Internationale" (FCI), Shih Tzu ndeyeboka 9 "shamwari uye shamwari imbwa" uye imomo kune chikamu 5 "Tibetan imbwa dzinza".
Shih Tzu imbwa diki iyo, maererano neFCI standard, inogona kusvika pakukura kusvika 27 cm uye inorema kusvika 8 kg. Chimiro chayo chakapfava kune makushe ayo akareba, akakora ane majasi emukati akawanda. Inouya mumarudzi akawanda (zvakare piebald) uye nzeve dzakareba dzinowanzova dzakaoma kuziva nekuda kwehuwandu hwemvere.
Pazasi iwe unowana gumi akanakisa Shih Tzu imbwa tattoos: