尸利素餐

Chinese

		corpse	advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp	to eat without working; to maintain a vegetarian diet
trad. (尸利素餐)		尸	利	素餐
simp. #(尸利素餐)		尸	利	素餐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shīlìsùcān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄌㄧˋ ㄙㄨˋ ㄘㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ lei⁶ sou³ caan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shīlìsùcān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄌㄧˋ ㄙㄨˋ ㄘㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihlìsùcan
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-li⁴-su⁴-tsʻan¹
    • Yale: shr̄-lì-sù-tsān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shylihsuhtsan
    • Palladius: шилисуцань (šilisucanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ su⁵¹ t͡sʰän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ lei⁶ sou³ caan¹
    • Yale: sī leih sou chāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ lei⁶ sou³ tsaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ léi⁶ sou³ can¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ lei̯²² sou̯³³ t͡sʰaːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: syij lijH suH tshan

Rime
Character	尸	利	素	餐
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	來 (37)	心 (16)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	脂 (15)	模 (23)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	I	I
Fanqie	式之切	力至切	桑故切	七安切
Baxter	syij	lijH	suH	tshan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪ/	/liɪH/	/suoH/	/t͡sʰɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕi/	/liH/	/suoH/	/t͡sʰɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjɪ/	/ljɪH/	/soH/	/t͡sʰɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕi/	/liH/	/sɔH/	/t͡sʰan/
Li Rong	/ɕi/	/liH/	/soH/	/t͡sʰɑn/
Wang Li	/ɕi/	/liH/	/suH/	/t͡sʰɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi/	/liH/	/suoH/	/t͡sʰɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shī	lì	sù	cān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si1	lei6	sou3	caan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hli  rids  saːs  sʰaːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	尸	利	素
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shī	lì	sù
Middle Chinese	‹ syij ›	‹ lijH ›	‹ suH ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥̥[ə]j/	/*C.ri[t]-s/	/*[s]ˁak-s/
English	corpse	sharp; profit	white silk
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	利	素	餐
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
No.	11396	7898	12099	1117
Phonetic component	尸	利	素	粲
Rime group	脂	至	魚	元
Rime subdivision	2	1	0	1
Corresponding MC rime		利	訴	餐
Old Chinese	/*hli/	/*rids/	/*saːs/	/*sʰaːn/
Notes				聲符皆爲歺又

Idiom

尸利素餐

1. (derogatory or humble) Synonym of 尸位素餐 (shīwèisùcān)

Synonyms

• 尸祿素餐 (shīlùsùcān), 尸祿素食
• 飽食終日／饱食终日 (bǎoshízhōngrì)