shī = sh + Ø1
person representing the dead (during burial ceremonies) / to put a corpse on display (after execution) / variant of 屍|尸[shi1] / corpse
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shī = sh + Ø1
corpse
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How to pronounce 尸

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= sh initial

Sh is for Sherlock Holmes.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ Ø1 final

In front of the space station.

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尸 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Characters with 尸 as component

= hu + Ø4
a household / door / family
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= ni + Ø2
Buddhist nun / (often used in phonetic spellings)
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to pile on top of one another / layer; stratum / floor (of a building); story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers
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Words with 尸

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dead body / corpse / carcass / CL:具[ju4]
autopsy / postmortem examination
gyonshi / jiang shi / Chinese vampire / zombie

Sentences with 尸

尸 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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shī

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