殭屍

See also: 僵尸 and 僵屍

Chinese

		stiff (corpse)	corpse
trad. (殭屍/僵屍)		殭/僵	屍
simp. (僵尸)		僵	尸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāngshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): goeng¹ si¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiong-si / khiong-si / kiang-si

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāngshī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiangshih
    • Wade–Giles: chiang¹-shih¹
    • Yale: jyāng-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiangshy
    • Palladius: цзянши (czjanši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: goeng¹ si¹
    • Yale: gēung sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goeng¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêng¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kœːŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiong-si
    • Tâi-lô: kiong-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiongsy
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiong-si
    • Tâi-lô: khiong-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiongsy
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiang-si
    • Tâi-lô: kiang-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiangsy

Noun

殭屍

1. stiffened corpse; corpse
2. (mythology) jiangshi (Chinese “hopping” vampire, ghost, or zombie)
3. (figurative) walking dead; alive but torpid thing

Derived terms

• 殭屍恆星 / 僵尸恒星 (jiāngshī héngxīng)
• 殭屍粉 / 僵尸粉 (jiāngshīfěn)
• 殭屍網絡 / 僵尸网络 (jiāngshī wǎngluò)

 

Descendants

• → Japanese: キョンシー

Japanese

Kanji in this term
殭	屍
きょん Hyōgai	しー Hyōgai
irregular

Noun

殭屍(キョンシー) • (kyonshī) 

1. Rare spelling of キョンシー (kyonshī, “jiangshi”).

Korean

Hanja in this term
殭	屍

Noun

殭屍 • (gangsi) (hangeul 강시)

1. hanja form^? of 강시 (“jiangshi”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
殭	屍

Noun

殭屍

1. chữ Hán form of cương thi (“zombie; undead”).