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尸

shī

HSK 6 Character

What 尸 means

1. literaryperson representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies)
2. literaryto put a corpse on display (after execution)
3. variant of {尸|shī}

Other readings

尸 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• shīcorpse

Example sentences

• 僵尸吃脑子。
  Zombies eat brains.
• 他已形同行尸走肉。
  He is as good as dead.
• 后备箱内有具尸体。
  There's a body in the trunk of the car.
• 这就是发现尸体的房间。
  Zhè jiù shì fāxiàn shītǐ de fángjiān.
  This is the room where the body was found.
• 每个人都可能变成尸体。
  Every man is a potential corpse.
• 汤姆在海边发现了具尸体。
  Tāngmǔ zài hǎibiān fāxiàn le jù shītǐ.
  Tom found a dead body on the beach.

Words starting with 尸

• 尸体shī tǐcorpse; dead body
• 尸骨shī gǔskeleton of the dead
• 尸首shī shoudead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like 尸首分离
• 尸身shī shēncorpse; dead body
• 尸罗shī luósila (Buddhism)
• 尸块shī kuàibody parts (of a mutilated corpse)
• 尸布shī bùpall (casket covering)
• 尸检shī jiǎnautopsy
• 尸体袋shī tǐ dàibody bag
• 尸位素餐shī wèi sù cānto hold a sinecure (idiom)
• 尸山血海shī shān xuè hǎi(lit.) mountains of corpses and oceans of blood (idiom)…
• 尸臭shī chòuodor of a dead body
• 尸横遍野shī héng biàn yě(idiom) corpses are strewn across the field (typically after a battle)
• 尸僵shī jiāngrigor mortis
• 尸斑shī bānlivor mortis
• 尸体剖检shī tǐ pōu jiǎnautopsy
• 尸体解剖shī tǐ jiě pōuautopsy; postmortem
• 尸骸shī háicorpse; skeleton
• 尸禄shī lùto hold a sinecure

Words containing 尸

• 僵尸jiāng shīgyonshi; jiang shi; Chinese vampire
• 死尸sǐ shīcorpse; dead body
• 验尸yàn shīautopsy; postmortem examination
• 行尸走肉xíng shī zǒu ròuwalking corpse (idiom); zombie; person who lives only on the material level
• 停尸tíng shīto keep the body of the deceased (until burial or cremation)
• 收尸shōu shīto collect or retrieve a corpse (for burial or cremation); to claim a body
• 干尸gān shīdesiccated corpse; mummified body
• 全尸quán shīintact corpse; dead body with no parts missing
• 分尸fēn shīto dismember a corpse
• 丧尸sāng shīzombie
• 挺尸tǐng shī(lit.) to lie stiff like a corpse; (colloquial) to sleep
• 检尸jiǎn shīautopsy; necropsy; postmortem examination
• 活尸huó shīzombie
• 碎尸suì shīdismembered body
• 腐尸fǔ shīdecomposed corpse
• 陈尸chén shīto lie dead (in a location); to be found dead (somewhere)…
• 停尸房tíng shī fángmortuary
• 停尸间tíng shī jiānmorgue
• 食尸鬼shí shī guǐghoul
• 验尸官yàn shī guāncoroner
• 借尸还魂jiè shī huán húnlit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns…
• 奸尸jiān shīto have sex with a corpse
• 横尸遍野héng shī biàn yěcorpses are strewn across the field (typically after a battle)
• 浮尸fú shīfloating corpse

Sounds the same

Read shī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 师teacher; master; expert
• 诗poem; poetry; verse
• 失to lose; to miss; to fail
• 施(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc)…
• 湿moist; wet
• 狮(bound form) lion
• 虱louse
• 葹Xanthium strumarium
• 蓍yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
• 浉Shi, name of river in Xinyang 信阳, Henan
• 絁rough, indelicate silk
• 邿place name