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  si1   jyutping
  shi1   pinyin
[1] dead body; corpse; remains; carcass
[2] hold/occupy a position without doing one's duty

Default PoS: noun Additional PoS: verb
Stroke count: 9
Level: 3
Radical: (#44)

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

This word has been viewed 6555 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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detail  si1 gwat1  shi1 gu3 = skeleton of the dead
detail  si1 sau2  shi1 shou3 = a corpse; a cadaver
detail  si1 tai2  shi1 ti3 = a dead body; a corpse; a cadaver
detail  sei2 si1  si3 shi1 = cadaver; corpse; stiff
detail  si1 san1   = a corpse
detail  wui4 wan4 si1  hui2 hun2 shi1 = a revenant, a reanimated corpse
detail  haang4 si1 zau2 juk6   = zombie
detail  si1 gim2  shi1 jian3 = autopsy
detail  dung6 mat6 si1 tai2   = carcass
detail  ziu1 si1   = a charred body
See all 33 compounds (CantoDict reports 39 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 屍
detail 差人車尾搵到屍體
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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