尸位

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Chinese[edit]

		corpse	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
simp. and trad. (尸位)		尸	位
Literally: “to hold one's position like a corpse”.

Etymology[edit]

From 《五子之歌》 (Song of Five People) in the Book of Documents:

太康尸位，以逸豫滅厥德，黎民咸貳。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

太康尸位，以逸豫灭厥德，黎民咸贰。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE

Tàikāng shīwèi, yǐ yìyù miè juédé, límín xián èr. [Pinyin]

Tai Kang who held his position without doing anything lived happily and comfortably instead of being moral. All commoners were disloyal.

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shīwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ wai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shīwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shihwèi
  - Wade–Giles: shih¹-wei⁴
  - Yale: shr̄-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shywey
  - Palladius: шивэй (šivɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹ wai⁶
  - Yale: sī waih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ wai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ wei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ wɐi̯²²/

Middle Chinese: syij hwijH

Rime
Character	尸	位
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	式之切	于愧切
Baxter	syij	hwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪ/	/ɦˠiuɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕi/	/ɦʷᵚi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjɪ/	/ɣiuɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕi/	/ɦjwi^H/
Li Rong	/ɕi/	/ɣjui^H/
Wang Li	/ɕi/	/ɣwi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi/	/wi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shī	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si¹	wai⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥̥[ə]j [ɢ]ʷrəp-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*hli ɢʷrɯbs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	尸	位
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shī	wèi
Middle Chinese	‹ syij ›	‹ hwij^H ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥̥[ə]j/	/[ɢ]ʷrəp-s/ (< ɢʷəʔ-rəp-s ?)
English	corpse	standing, position
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	尸	位
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11396	7865
Phonetic component	尸	立
Rime group	脂	內
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime		位
Old Chinese	/*hli/	/*ɢʷrɯbs/

Verb[edit]

尸位

(derogatory, literary) to hold one's position without doing anything

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

尸素 (shīsù)

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