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屍: corpse

By September 18, 2013January 28th, 2021Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

屍 [尸] shī

noun | radical 44
: corpse

Kun Reading

屍 | しかばね shikabane

noun
: corpse

On Reading

屍 | し shi

: corpse

 Usage:

 

屍體[尸体] shi1ti3: corpse [屍体|したい shitai]
屍僵 shi1jiang1: rigor mortis
屍檢[尸检] shi1jian3: autopsy OR 檢屍
乾屍[干尸] gan1shi1: mummy
僵屍 jiang1shi1: chinese vampire; zombie
奸屍 jian1shi1: necrophilia [屍姦 | しかん]
死屍 si3shi1: corpse
焚屍 fen2shi1: 2cremate



Japanese Expression:
屍を晒す | しかばねをさらす shikabane o sarasu
: to die on the battlefield

 Etymology:

会意 Associative Compound.
Dead [死] (si3: dead)
corpse [尸] (shi1: corpse)



象形 Pictographic.
Picture of a person lying down



簡體Simplified.



“Corpse” Radical 44



 Examples:

突然看到屍體,女孩尖叫起來。
tu1ran2 kan1 dao4 shi1ti3, nü3hai2 jian1jiao4 qi1lai1
The girl screamed when she suddenly saw the corpse.

 

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary

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