尸位

Chinese

		to hold	position
simp. and trad. (尸位)		尸	位

Etymology

First attested in c. 1^st century CE, in The Book of Han or Lunheng.

Not originally from 《五子之歌》(Song of Five People) since this chapter is among the 25 Forged Old Text Shangshu (i.e.《偽古文尚書》) chapters, counterfeited circa 318 CE.

Pronunciation

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/
Bernhard 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

尸位

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

Derived terms

尸位病民
尸位素餐 (shīwèisùcān)
尸位誤國 / 尸位误国
素餐尸位

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