屍 (si1) — hold/occupy a position without doing one's duty in Cantonese
siˉ¹屍
简 尸
Mandarin Pinyin: shi1
Meaning of 屍
nounhold/occupy a position without doing one's duty
noundead body; corpse; remains; carcass
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Example Sentences with 屍
個差人喺車尾廂搵到個屍體
The policeman found the body in the car's trunk.
neiˏ₅你haiˍ₆係dou˗₃度binˉ¹鞭siˉ¹屍
You're flogging a dead horse.
maiˉ¹咪laanˏ₅躝siˉ¹屍laaˉ¹啦neiˏ₅你
Stop being such a lazy bum!
keoiˏ₅佢sengˎ₄成jatˍ₆日laanˏ₅躝siˉ¹屍
He's always so lazy.
laanˏ₅躝siˉ¹屍gamˊ²咁
Like a lazy bum.
Words Containing 屍
屍骨未寒si1 gwat1 mei6 hon4
Corpse and bones are not yet cold (cool down)
借屍還魂ze3 si1 waan4 wan4
a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
屍斑si1 baan1
livor mortis
屍體解剖si1 tai2 gaai2 fau2
autopsy; postmortem
姦屍gaan1 si1
necrophilia
回魂屍wui4 wan4 si1
a revenant, a reanimated corpse; a zombie (but with a soul);a visible ghost or animated corpse that was believed to return from the grave
屍體剖檢si1 tai2 fau2 gim2
autopsy
檢驗屍體gim2 jim6 si1 tai2
an autopsy; [v] to conduct an autopsy | also 驗屍
屍體si1 tai2
a dead body; a corpse; a cadaver
動物屍體dung6 mat6 si1 tai2
carcass
行屍走肉haang4 si1 zau2 juk6
zombie
殭屍片goeng1 si1 pin2
vampire film
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