尸祿素餐

Chinese

		corpse	good fortune; official salary	to eat without working; to maintain a vegetarian diet
trad. (尸祿素餐)		尸	祿	素餐
simp. (尸禄素餐)		尸	禄	素餐
alternative forms		尸祿素食

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shīlùsùcān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄌㄨˋ ㄙㄨˋ ㄘㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ luk⁶ sou³ caan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shīlùsùcān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄌㄨˋ ㄙㄨˋ ㄘㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihlùsùcan
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-lu⁴-su⁴-tsʻan¹
    • Yale: shr̄-lù-sù-tsān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyluhsuhtsan
    • Palladius: шилусуцань (šilusucanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ su⁵¹ t͡sʰän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ luk⁶ sou³ caan¹
    • Yale: sī luhk sou chāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ luk⁹ sou³ tsaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ lug⁶ sou³ can¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ lʊk̚² sou̯³³ t͡sʰaːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: syij luwk suH tshan

Rime
Character	尸	祿	素	餐
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	來 (37)	心 (16)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	屋 (3)	模 (23)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I	I	I
Fanqie	式之切	盧谷切	桑故切	七安切
Baxter	syij	luwk	suH	tshan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪ/	/luk̚/	/suoH/	/t͡sʰɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕi/	/luk̚/	/suoH/	/t͡sʰɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjɪ/	/luk̚/	/soH/	/t͡sʰɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕi/	/ləwk̚/	/sɔH/	/t͡sʰan/
Li Rong	/ɕi/	/luk̚/	/soH/	/t͡sʰɑn/
Wang Li	/ɕi/	/luk̚/	/suH/	/t͡sʰɑn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi/	/luk̚/	/suoH/	/t͡sʰɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shī	lù	sù	cān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si1	luk6	sou3	caan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hli  roːɡ  saːs  sʰaːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	尸	祿	素
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shī	lù	sù
Middle Chinese	‹ syij ›	‹ luwk ›	‹ suH ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥̥[ə]j/	/*[r]ˁok/	/*[s]ˁak-s/
English	corpse	blessing	white silk
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	尸	祿	素	餐
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
No.	11396	8541	12099	1117
Phonetic component	尸	录	素	粲
Rime group	脂	屋	魚	元
Rime subdivision	2	0	0	1
Corresponding MC rime		禄	訴	餐
Old Chinese	/*hli/	/*roːɡ/	/*saːs/	/*sʰaːn/
Notes				聲符皆爲歺又

Idiom

尸祿素餐

1. (derogatory or humble) Synonym of 尸位素餐 (shīwèisùcān)

Synonyms

• 尸利素餐 (shīlìsùcān)
• 飽食終日／饱食终日 (bǎoshízhōngrì)