浮屍

Chinese

		to float	corpse
trad. (浮屍)		浮	屍
simp. (浮尸)		浮	尸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fau⁴ si¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phû-si
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶veu-sy / ²veu-sy₁

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúshī
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúshih
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-shih¹
    • Yale: fú-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwushy
    • Palladius: фуши (fuši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fau⁴ si¹
    • Yale: fàuh sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fau⁴ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: feo⁴ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐu̯²¹ siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phû-si
    • Tâi-lô: phû-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phusy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰu²⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰu²⁴⁻²² si³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰu¹³⁻²² si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰu²³⁻³³ si⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶veu-sy
    • MiniDict: veu^去 sy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³veu-sr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vɤ²² sz̩⁴⁴/
  • (Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ²veu-sy₁
    • MiniDict: veu^平 sy^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /vøy²² sz̩³³/

Noun

浮屍

1. floating corpse; floating body
2. (Northern Wu, derogatory) someone vacant without a purpose or job; someone troublesome or unsatisfactory
3. (Northern Wu, derogatory, humorous or endearing) General term of address between close friends or spouses.