浮屍

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Chinese

to float corpse
trad. (浮屍)
simp. (浮尸)

Pronunciation


Noun

浮屍

  1. floating corpse; floating body
  2. (Northern Wu, derogatory) someone vacant without a purpose or job; someone troublesome or unsatisfactory; someone flippant or frivolous
  3. (Northern Wu, derogatory, humorous or endearing) General term of address typically of wife to husband.
    阿拉屋裡浮屍今末叉麻將𡀂 [Ningbonese, trad.]
    阿拉屋里浮尸今末叉麻将𡀂 [Ningbonese, simp.]
    That house idiot of mine has gone out playing mahjong again today.

Usage notes

  • The derogatory senses as used in different Northern Wu varieties may differ subtly in the exact negative attribute which it targets - around vacancy, incompetence, or frivolousness. For example, in Shanghainese this might be more of a general derogatory term suggesting incompetence, but Shaoxingnese instead uses this term to disparage qualities such as the cockiness and flippancy of someone completely full of themself. The offensiveness of it also wildly depends on factors such as the context, the locality, and the speaker's age, etc.

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