shī
Traditional: 屍
尸 (shī) is a Chinese word meaning “(bound form) corpse”.
Meanings
- 1(bound form) corpse
Related words
尸体corpse; dead body尸(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies)验尸autopsy僵尸gyonshi死尸corpse; dead body尸骨skeleton of the dead尸首dead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like 屍首分離|尸首分离[shi1 shou5 fen1 li2] or 屍首異處|尸首异处[shi1 shou5 yi4 chu4], decapitation is implied.)尸身corpse; dead body尸骸corpse马革裹尸to be buried in a horse hide (idiom)丧尸zombie五马分尸(idiom) to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form of capital punishment); (fig.) to tear apart; to utterly destroy; to brutally dismember