Usage of the character 尸

(bound form) corpse

shī

尸

[尸]

(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies)
(literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution)
corpse (variant of 屍／尸 (shī))

jiānshī

奸尸

[姦屍]

necrophilia

shīluó

尸罗

[尸羅]

sila (Buddhism)

shīgǔ

尸骨

[屍骨]

skeleton of the dead

jiǎnshī

检尸

[檢屍]

autopsy
necropsy
postmortem examination

sǐshī

死尸

[死屍]

a corpse
a dead body

jiāngshī

僵尸

[殭屍]

gyonshi
jiang shi
Chinese vampire
zombie

tíngshī

停尸

[停屍]

to keep the body of the deceased (until burial or cremation)

suìshī

碎尸

[碎屍]

dismembered body

zhàshī

诈尸

[詐屍]

sudden movement of a corpse (superstition)
fig. sudden torrent of abuse

huóshī

活尸

[活屍]

zombie

shībān

尸斑

[屍斑]

livor mortis

shījiāng

尸僵

[屍僵]

rigor mortis

quánshī

全尸

[全屍]

intact corpse
dead body with no parts missing

shīlù

尸禄

[尸祿]

to hold a sinecure

shībù

尸布

[屍布]

pall (casket covering)

shīshou

尸首

[屍首]

corpse
carcass
dead body

shīhái

尸骸

[屍骸]

corpse
skeleton

shītǐ

尸体

[屍體]

dead body
corpse
carcass
CL:具 (jù)

gānshī

干尸

[乾屍]

a mummy

yànshī

验尸

[驗屍]

autopsy
postmortem examination

fénshī

焚尸

[焚屍]

to cremate

fēnshī

分尸

[分屍]

to dismember a corpse

tǐngshī

挺尸

[挺屍]

(lit.) to lie stiff like a corpse
(coll.) to sleep

jiǎnshī

捡尸

[撿屍]

(slang) to target an intoxicated person for sexual assault

chénshī

陈尸

[陳屍]

to lay out the corpse

shījiǎn

尸检

[屍檢]

autopsy

shīkuài

尸块

[屍塊]

body parts (of a mutilated corpse)

cuòshī

锉尸

[剉屍]

to cut the corpse of a criminal into pieces

sāngshī

丧尸

[喪屍]

zombie

tǎngshī

躺尸

[躺屍]

(deprecatory) to lie motionless (asleep, drunk, lazing etc)

shītǐdài

尸体袋

[屍體袋]

body bag

liànshīpǐ

恋尸癖

[戀屍癖]

necrophilia

jiāngshīfěn

僵尸粉

[殭屍粉]

"zombie fans", fake followers that can be bought to boost one's popularity on Weibo, Baidu etc

yànshīguān

验尸官

[驗屍官]

coroner

jiāngshīchē

僵尸车

[僵屍車]

(coll.) abandoned car

tíngshīfáng

停尸房

[停屍房]

mortuary

tíngshījiān

停尸间

[停屍間]

morgue

guǒshībù

裹尸布

[裹屍布]

shroud
cloth to wrap a corpse

fénshīlú

焚尸炉

[焚屍爐]

crematorium
crematory oven

shíshīguǐ

食尸鬼

[食屍鬼]

ghoul

xíngshīzǒuròu

行尸走肉

[行屍走肉]

walking corpse (idiom)
zombie
person who lives only on the material level

suìshī-wànduàn

碎尸万段

[碎屍萬段]

(idiom) to cut up sb's body into thousands of pieces (a hyperbolic threat)

juémùbiānshī

掘墓鞭尸

[掘墓鞭屍]

to exhume a body for public flogging (idiom)

shītǐjiěpōu

尸体解剖

[屍體解剖]

autopsy
postmortem

héngshībiànyě

横尸遍野

[橫屍遍野]

corpses strew the field
deadly (conflict)

shītǐpōujiǎn

尸体剖检

[屍體剖檢]

autopsy

jièshīhuánhún

借尸还魂

[借屍還魂]

lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise

jiāngshīwǎngluò

僵尸网络

[僵屍網絡]

botnet
zombie network
slave network (used by spammers)

shīshān-xuèhǎi

尸山血海

[屍山血海]

lit. mountains of corpses and oceans of blood (idiom)
fig. a scene of wholesale slaughter

shīwèisùcān

尸位素餐

[尸位素餐]

to hold a sinecure (idiom)

mǎgéguǒshī

马革裹尸

[馬革裹屍]

to be buried in a horse hide (idiom)
to give one's life on the battlefield