屍骸

See also: 尸骸

Chinese

		corpse	bones of the body
trad. (屍骸)		屍	骸
simp. (尸骸)		尸	骸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shīhái

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄏㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ haai⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): si-hâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shīhái
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄏㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihhái
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-hai²
    • Yale: shr̄-hái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhair
    • Palladius: шихай (šixaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ haai⁴
    • Yale: sī hàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ haai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ hai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ haːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si-hâi
    • Tâi-lô: si-hâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: si'haai
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si³³ hai²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si⁴⁴⁻²² hai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁴⁴⁻²² hai¹³/

Noun

屍骸

1. (literary) skeleton of a dead person
2. (literary) dead body; corpse

   • 然而即日證明是事實了，作證的便是她自己的屍骸。 [MSC, trad.]
     然而即日证明是事实了，作证的便是她自己的尸骸。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1926, Lu Xun, “In Memory of Miss Liu Hezhen”

     Rán'ér jírì zhèngmíng shì shìshí le, zuòzhèng de biàn shì tā zìjǐ de shīhái. [Pinyin]

     Yet on that day it proved to be true, the evidence being her own dead body.

Synonyms

• (skeleton; corpse): 屍骨／尸骨 (shīgǔ)
• (dead body):

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• 大體／大体 (dàtǐ) (Taiwan, polite)
• 屍身／尸身 (shīshēn)
• 屍首／尸首
• 屍骨／尸骨 (shīgǔ)
• 屍體／尸体 (shītǐ)
• 死人 (sǐrén)
• 死屍／死尸 (sǐshī)
• 遺骸／遗骸 (yíhái) (remains)
• 遺體／遗体 (yítǐ) (remains)
• 骸骨 (háigǔ) (skeletal remains)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 屍體 (“corpse”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		屍
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		屍體, 屍身, 屍首, 屍骨, 屍骸, 死屍, 死人, 遺體
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	遺體, 屍首兒, 埋體 Hui
	Taiwan	屍體, 大體 polite
	Chifeng	遺體
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	遺體
	Harbin	遺體
	Shenyang	遺體
	Singapore	屍體
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	屍首
	Tangshan	遺體, 屍首
	Cangzhou	遺體
	Baoding	屍首, 屍體
	Shijiazhuang	屍體, 屍首
	Jinan	屍首, 遺體
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	屍首兒, 死屍
	Qingdao	屍體
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	屍首
	Zhengzhou	屍首兒
	Xi'an	屍首, 遺體
	Xining	屍體
	Xuzhou	遺體, 死屍, 屍體
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	埋體
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	埋體
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	遺體, 屍體, 埋體
	Lanzhou	屍首, 遺體
	Ürümqi	遺體
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	屍首, 屍體, 屍, 死人
	Chongqing	屍體
	Wuhan	遺體
	Guiyang	屍首, 屍體
	Kunming	遺體
	Guilin	遺體
	Liuzhou	遺體
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	死屍, 屍首
	Yangzhou	屍首, 遺體
	Nantong	遺體
	Hefei	遺體
Cantonese	Guangzhou	屍骸, 死屍
	Hong Kong	屍體, 死屍, 屍
Gan	Nanchang	屍身
	Pingxiang	死屍
Hakka	Meixian	屍首, 死佬
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	屍體, 屍首, 身屍, 死佬, 垃圾仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	屍體, 屍首, 身屍
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	屍體, 屍首, 身屍, 死佬, 垃圾仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	屍體, 屍首, 身屍, 死佬
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	屍體, 屍首, 身屍, 死佬, 死屍
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	屍體, 屍首, 身屍
Huizhou	Jixi	屍首, 死屍
	Shexian	遺體, 死屍
Jin	Taiyuan	屍體
	Xinzhou	死人, 死骨劣兒子
	Linhe	屍首
	Jining	遺體
	Hohhot	遺體
	Zhangjiakou	遺體, 屍首
	Handan	遺體
Northern Min	Jian'ou	死人
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	身屍
Southern Min	Xiamen	身屍
	Quanzhou	身屍
	Zhangzhou	身屍
	Tainan	身屍
	Penang (Hokkien)	死儂
	Singapore (Hokkien)	身屍
	Manila (Hokkien)	身屍, 死儂
	Shantou	身屍, 屍首, 死屍
	Jieyang	身屍
	Haikou	死屍
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	屍體
Wu	Shanghai	死屍, 屍體
	Suzhou	死屍
	Danyang	死屍
	Hangzhou	死人, 死屍
	Ningbo	死屍, 死人
	Wenzhou	屍, 屍骸

Derived terms

• 殺人放火金腰帶，修橋補路無屍骸／杀人放火金腰带，修桥补路无尸骸

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
屍	骸
し Hyōgai	がい Grade: S
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 屍骸 – see the following entry.

【死骸しがい】 [noun] corpse

(This term, 屍骸, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)