屍 (si1 | shi1) : dead body

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屍

si1

shi1

[1] dead body; corpse; remains; carcass
[2] hold/occupy a position without doing one's duty

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Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 尸 (#44)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

屍 / 尸

This word has been viewed 6624 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Nov 2009 08:18

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屍骨 si1 gwat1 shi1 gu3 = skeleton of the dead

屍首 si1 sau2 shi1 shou3 = a corpse; a cadaver

屍體 si1 tai2 shi1 ti3 = a dead body; a corpse; a cadaver

死屍 sei2 si1 si3 shi1 = cadaver; corpse; stiff

屍身 si1 san1 = a corpse

回魂屍 wui4 wan4 si1 hui2 hun2 shi1 = a revenant, a reanimated corpse

行屍走肉 haang4 si1 zau2 juk6 = zombie

屍體解剖 si1 tai2 gaai2 fau2 shi1 ti3 jie3 pou1 = autopsy; postmortem (common formation)

屍體剖檢 si1 tai2 fau2 gim2 shi1 ti3 pou1 jian3 = autopsy (common formation)

屍檢 si1 gim2 shi1 jian3 = autopsy

動物屍體 dung6 mat6 si1 tai2 = carcass

焦屍 ziu1 si1 = a charred body

燒屍 siu1 si1 = setting sb's body alight

驗屍 jim6 si1 = [n] a postmortem examination, an autopsy; [v] to conduct an autopsy

殭屍 goeng1 si1 jiang1 shi1 = vampire; zombie

檢驗屍體 gim2 jim6 si1 tai2 = [n] an autopsy; [v] to conduct an autopsy

屍僵 si1 goeng1 shi1 jiang1 = rigor mortis

肥屍大隻 fei4 si1 daai6 zek3 = a well-built man

殭屍片 goeng1 si1 pin3*2 jiang1 shi1 pian4 = vampire film

屍斑 si1 baan1 shi1 ban1 = livor mortis

驗屍官 jim6 si1 gun1 = a coroner

喪屍 song1 si1 sang1 shi1 = zombie

屍骸 si1 haai4 = a cadaver, a corpse, a stiff 粵

借屍還魂 ze3 si1 waan4 wan4 jie4 shi1 huan2 hun2 = reincarnation (lit., "a returning soul borrows a corpse")

屍骨未寒 si1 gwat1 mei6 hon4 shi1 gu3 wei4 han2 = it hasn't been long after a person died

剖屍 fau2 si1 pou3 [TW] pou1 [PRC] shi1 = autopsy

碎屍萬段 seoi3 si1 maan6 dyun6 sui4 shi1 wan4 duan4 = of a body to be chopped into ten thousand pieces

屍王 si1 wong4 shi1 wang2 = police officers in charge of investigating cause of death in HK police force 粵

停屍房 ting4 si1 fong4 ting2 shi1 fang2 = morgue; mortuary

五馬分屍 ng5 maa5 fan1 si1 wu3 ma3 fen1 shi1 = death by five horses

殭屍網絡 goeng1 si1 mong5 lok3 jiang1 shi1 wang3 luo4 = a slave network; a botnet (used by spammers) (common formation)

殭屍茶包 goeng1 si1 caa4 baau1 jiang1 shi1 cha2 bao1 = slang for maxi pads (lit., "vampire teabags") 粵

姦屍 gaan1 si1 jian1 shi1 = necrophilia

都靈裹屍布 dou1 ling4 gwo2 si1 bou3 = the Shroud of Turin

殭屍肉 goeng1 si1 juk6 jiang1 shi1 rou4 = zombie meat

殭屍先生 goeng1 si1 sin1 saang1 = Mr. Vampire (kung fu movie with vampires)

Showing 1 example containing 屍

個差人喺車尾廂搵到個屍體粵
The policeman found the body in the car's trunk.
[Lit. [counter] policeman at car-trunk find-arrive [counter] dead-body In this example, 喺車尾廂 cannot go at the end of the sentence. (Why?)]

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