Keyword
corpse
- body
- Frequency
- #1520
- Strokes
- 3
Readings
shī100%
Mnemonic
A man keeled over
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
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Used in vocabulary
尸体
corpse; dead body
僵尸
gyonshi; jiang shi; Chinese vampire; zombie
尸
(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies); (literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution); (bound form) corpse
死尸
corpse; dead body
丧尸
zombie
验尸
autopsy; postmortem examination
行尸走肉
walking corpse (idiom); zombie; person who lives only on the material level
尸首
dead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like 尸首分离 (shīshoufēnlí) or 尸首异处 (shīshouyìchù), decapitation is implied.)
尸骨
skeleton of the dead
尸检
autopsy
干尸
desiccated corpse; mummified body
收尸
to collect or retrieve a corpse (for burial or cremation); to claim a body
尸骸
corpse; skeleton
分尸
to dismember a corpse
浮尸
floating corpse
陈尸
to lie dead (in a location); to be found dead (somewhere) (used in news reports about unnatural or unexplained deaths)
碎尸万段
(idiom) to cut up sb's body into thousands of pieces (a hyperbolic threat)
停尸间
morgue
诈尸
sudden movement of a corpse (superstition); fig. sudden torrent of abuse
尸身
corpse; dead body
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
焚尸
to cremate
尸横遍野
(idiom) corpses are strewn across the field (typically after a battle)
停尸
to keep the body of the deceased (until burial or cremation)