CORPSE    尸體

BODY of a HUMAN OR ANIMAL who has DIED.
DEAD BODYBODYCARCASSSKELETONREMAINSMORTAL REMAINSSTIFFCADAVER
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general dignified term for a dead body is shī 尸 / 屍 often in connection with burial. 2. Piǎo 殍 refers specifically to the dead bodies of those who have starved and who lie unburied. 3. Sǐ 死 refers to the dead body of a deceased person in a neutral way, not necessarily in connection with burial. 4. Fá 伐 is a a standard OBI word for decapitated human victims, but this usage became obsolete.
Modern Chinese Criteria
尸體 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Part of
Hypernym
  • BODY　SHAPE of an ANIMAL OR HUMAN OR of THINGS. (anc: 6/0, child: 1)
  • SHAPE　APPEARANCE of the PLACE something is in, as PERCEIVED by the EYES, DISREGARDING the SUBJECTIVITY of the APPEARANCE. (anc: 5/0, child: 13)
  • APPEARANCE　CLEAR:visible BUT SUBJECTIVELY PERCEIVED FEATURES. (anc: 4/0, child: 6)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 4.77

  • 論衡同義詞研究 ( LUNHENG TONGYI 2004) p. 27

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 1.1161

  • Handwörterbuch des deutschen Aberglaubens ( BAECHTHOLD-STAEUBLI 1987) p. 6.1024

  • Thesaurus proverbiorum medii aevi ( SINGER 2002) p. 1.5

    AAS

    • Words (11 items)

    尸  shī OC: qhlji MC: ɕi 19 Attributions

    The general dignified term for a dead body is shī 尸/屍 often in connection with burial.

      Syntactic words
    • ncorpse 屍 is a variant character created to refer unambiguously to the corpse rather than the impersonator of the dead
    • nritual impersonator of the deadCH
    • nadVlike a corpseCH
    • viactlie like a dead body
    • vtoNfind as a corpse
    • vtoNdeal-withdeal properly with the corpse of the deceased ZUO
    • vttoN1.+prep+N2display the body N1 in the place N2
    屍  shī OC: qhlji MC: ɕi 7 Attributions

    The general dignified term for a dead body is shī 尸/屍 often in connection with burial.

      Syntactic words
    • n屍 is a variant character created to refer unambiguously to the corpse rather than the impersonator of the dead also written as 尸
    • n(post-N)corpse of the contextually determinate NDS
    死屍  sǐ shī OC: pliʔ qhlji MC: si ɕi 5 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPdead corpse > corpse (adjective is strictly redundant)
    死  sǐ OC: pliʔ MC: si 4 Attributions

    Sǐ 死 refers to the dead body of a deceased person in a neutral way, not necessarily in connection with burial.

      Syntactic words
    • n[adN]corpse, a dead person
    身  shēn OC: qhjin MC: ɕin 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • npost-NdefiniteN's (dead) body; my (dead) body
    死人  sǐ rén OC: pliʔ njin MC: si ȵin 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPdead bodies
    殍  piǎo OC: browʔ MC: biɛu
    殍  piǎo OC: browʔ MC: biɛu 2 Attributions

    Piǎo 殍 refers specifically to the dead bodies of those who have starved and who lie unburied.

      Word relations

      Syntactic words
    • nbody of starved person
    棺屍  guān shī MC: kwan syij OC: koon qhlji 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPcorpse inside of the coffin (see HDC)DS
    留骨  liú gǔ MC: ljuw kwot OC: b-ru kuud 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NP{vadN}(sacred) relicts; mortal remainsDS
    殣  jìn OC: ɡrɯns MC: gin 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • ncorpse of those who have starved to death
    伐  fá OC: bod MC: bi̯ɐt 0 Attributions

    Fá 伐 is a a standard OBI word for decapitated human victims, but this usage became obsolete.

      Syntactic words
    • nOBI 3: dismembered/beheaded human victim