尸 shī — corpse; dead body
尸
Variant:
屍
shī shi1
Detailed explanation
noun
verb
- put a corpse in display e.g 尸谏
- erect a spirit tablet
- bear
- hold e.g 尸盟 · 尸祭
- be in a state of inertia e.g 尸位旷职 · 尸玩 · 尸素 · 尸禄素餐 · 尸职 · 尸居
- arrange formation
Related words
- 尸体 corpse; dead body
- 尸首 corpse; remains
- 死尸 a corpse/a dead body
- 尸骨 skeleton; bones of the dead
- 尸身 a corpse; a dead body
- 僵尸 zombie; Chinese vampire
- 尸骸 human bones; mortal remains
- 收尸 to collect a corpse for burial; (derog.) to clean up a mess
- 尸检 autopsy; postmortem examination
- 验尸 to perform an autopsy; to examine a corpse
- 行尸走肉 a walking corpse; (fig.) a mindless, lifeless person who drifts through life
- 焚尸 to burn a corpse
- 尸横遍野 corpses strewn across the field; a battlefield littered with the dead
- 干尸 mummy; desiccated corpse
- 五马分尸 tearing a person apart by five horses (an ancient punishment); dismemberment
- 尸位素餐 to hold a post and draw a salary without doing any work
- 陈尸 to expose a corpse publicly
- 借尸还魂 to return in another's corpse; (fig.) a revived thing in a new guise
- 暴尸 to have one's corpse exposed unburied
- 浮尸 a corpse floating on water