尸
shī
corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; Kangxi radical 44
- Strokes
- 3
- Level
- HSK 6 · TOCFL Level 5
- Frequency
- No. 870
- Traditional
- 屍
How to write 尸, stroke by stroke
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What 尸 means
(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies); (literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution); variant of 尸; (bound form) corpse
Pictographic: A man keeled over
Made of 丿
Words with 尸
- 尸体shī tǐcorpse; dead body
- 僵尸jiāng shīgyonshi; jiang shi; Chinese vampire; zombie
- 验尸yàn shīautopsy; postmortem examination
- 死尸sǐ shīcorpse; dead body
- 验尸官yàn shī guāncoroner
- 尸检shī jiǎnautopsy
- 停尸房tíng shī fángmortuary
- 丧尸sāng shīzombie
- 尸骨shī gǔskeleton of the dead
- 停尸间tíng shī jiānmorgue
- 尸首shī shoudead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like 尸首分离 or 尸首异处, decapitation is implied.)
- 收尸shōu shīto collect or retrieve a corpse (for burial or cremation); to claim a body
尸 in a sentence
zhè jiù shì fā xiàn shī tǐ de fáng jiān 。
This is the room where the body was found.
měi gè rén dōu kě néng biàn chéng shī tǐ 。
Every man is a potential corpse.
nà ge nán rén de shī tǐ zhì jīn réng wèi bèi zhǎo dào 。
The body of that man still hasn't been found.
tā men fā xiàn le yí jù cháng jǐng lù de shī tǐ 。
They found a giraffe carcass.