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shī

Main
English Definition	corpse
See also	shī person representing the dead (during burial ceremonies); to put a corpse on display (after execution); variant of 屍; corpse (from traditional character 尸)
Simplified Script	尸
Traditional Script	屍
Pinyin	shī
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄕ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	si¹

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Words With Same Head Word
尸体	shītǐ	dead body; corpse; carcass
尸检	shījiǎn	autopsy
尸骨	shīgǔ	skeleton of the dead
尸首	shīshou	corpse; carcass; dead body
尸骸	shīhái	corpse; skeleton

Words With Same Tail Word
僵尸	jiāngshī	gyonshi; jiang shi; Chinese vampire; zombie
死尸	sǐshī	a corpse; a dead body
验尸	yànshī	autopsy; postmortem examination
干尸	gānshī	mummy; dried corpse
鞭尸	biānshī	to whip the corpse; to humiliate the dead person who is hated by others; to ridicule members of an online forum who have left; to ridicule those whose prediction or rumors turns out to be untrue by digging out their old posts to repost on an online forum

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