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浮屍

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Chinese

		to float	corpse
trad. (浮屍)		浮	屍
simp. (浮尸)		浮	尸

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fúshī

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄕ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fau⁴ si¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phû-si
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶veu-sy₁ / ²veu-sy₁

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fúshī
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄕ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fúshih
  - Wade–Giles: fu²-shih¹
  - Yale: fú-shr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwushy
  - Palladius: фуши (fuši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fau⁴ si¹
  - Yale: fàuh sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fau⁴ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: feo⁴ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐu̯²¹ siː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phû-si
  - Tâi-lô: phû-si
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phusy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰu²⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰu²⁴⁻²² si³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰu¹³⁻²² si⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ si⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰu²³⁻³³ si⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶veu-sy₁
  - MiniDict: veu^去 sy^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³veu-sr₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vɤ²² sz̩⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou, Shaoxing)
  - Wugniu: ²veu-sy₁
  - MiniDict: veu^平 sy^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /vøy²² sz̩³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /vɤ¹¹ sz̩⁵²/

Noun

浮屍

floating corpse; floating body
(Northern Wu, derogatory) someone vacant without a purpose or job; someone troublesome or unsatisfactory; someone flippant or frivolous
(Northern Wu, derogatory, humorous or endearing) General term of address typically of wife to husband.
阿拉屋裡老浮屍今末咦叉麻將去𡀂。 [Ningbonese, trad.]
阿拉屋里老浮尸今末咦叉麻将去𡀂。 [Ningbonese, simp.]
That house idiot of mine has gone out playing mahjong again today.

Usage notes

The derogatory senses as used in different Northern Wu varieties may differ subtly in the exact negative attribute which it targets - around vacancy, incompetence, or frivolousness. For example, in Shanghainese this might be more of a general derogatory term suggesting incompetence, but Shaoxingnese instead uses this term to disparage qualities such as the cockiness and flippancy of someone completely full of themself. The offensiveness of it also wildly depends on factors such as the context, the locality, and the speaker's age, etc.

Derived terms

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