キョンシー

Japanese

Alternative spelling
僵屍

Etymology

Compare Min Nan 殭屍／僵尸 (kiong-si) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

キョンシー • (kyonshī) 

1. a jiangshi
   • 2002 May 16, “[達](たつ)[人](じん)キョンシー [Master Jiangshi]”, in 新たなる支配者 [A New Dominator], Konami:

     強(つよ)い相(あい)手(て)を求(もと)めさまよっているキョンシー。かつてはあらゆる武(ぶ)術(じゅつ)の達(たつ)人(じん)として知(し)られていたらしい。

     Tsuyoi aite o motome samayotteiru kyonshī. Katsute wa arayuru bujutsu no tatsujin toshite shirareteitarashī.

     A jiangshi wandering in pursuit of a strong opponent. They say he was known as the master of all martial arts.