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Chinese
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corpse
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position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat |
simp. and trad.
(尸位)
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尸
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位
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| Literally: “to hold one's position like a corpse”.
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Etymology
From 《五子之歌》 (Song of Five People) in the Book of Documents:
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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尸
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位
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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shī
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wèi
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ syij ›
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‹ hwijH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*l̥̥j/
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/*ʷrəp-s/ (< *ɢʷəʔ-rəp-s ?)
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| English
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corpse
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standing, position
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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尸
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位
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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11396
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7865
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Phonetic
component
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尸
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立
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Rime
group
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脂
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內
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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位
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Old
Chinese
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/*hli/
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/*ɢʷrɯbs/
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Verb
尸位
- (derogatory, literary) to hold one's position without doing anything
Derived terms
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