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Meaning of 屍

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(Simplified: 尸)HSK 6
Pinyin: shī
English Definition: corpse
Chinese Definition:
①死人的身体:尸体。尸骸。僵尸。借尸还魂。
②(尸位)空占着职位而不做事,如“尸尸素餐,“尸尸误国”。
③古代祭祀时,代表死者受祭的人。
Total strokes: 9; Radical:
Ideographic:A dead body ; also provides the pronunciation
Character Formation:
  • Surround from upper left
    • [ shī ] body, corpse
    • [ ] dead; death; impassable, inflexible
Similar Characters:
Example Words
屍體HSK 6 shī dead body; corpse; carcass; Classifiers:
屍骨 shī skeleton of the dead
屍骸 shī hái corpse; skeleton
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Example Sentences
1
He dived into the water to look for the dead body.