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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiāngshī
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤㄕ
  - 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

stiffened corpse; corpse
(mythology) jiangshi (Chinese “hopping” vampire, ghost, or zombie)
(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)

rare spelling of キョンシー (kyonshī, “jiangshi”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
殭	屍

Noun

殭屍 • (gangsi) (hangeul 강시)

hanja form^? of 강시 (“jiangshi”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
殭	屍

Noun

殭屍

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