si1 san1屍身尸身
Jyutpingsi1 san1
Yalesī sān
Definition
Corpse; dead body.
neutralpeople
How it's used
Refers specifically to the physical body of a deceased person, often used in formal, legal, or news contexts. It carries a more clinical or detached tone compared to the more common term 屍體. While 屍體 is the standard word for corpse, 屍身 is frequently encountered in crime reports or forensic discussions.
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geoi6具geuihExamples
The police found a corpse at the scene.
That corpse has already started to decompose.
Related words
Common mistake
Learners often confuse this with 屍體, which is the more general and widely used term for a corpse. Using 屍身 in casual conversation can sound overly dramatic or like you are reading from a police report.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
