石屎

Chinese

		rock; stone; 10 pecks	stool; faeces
trad. (石屎)		石	屎
simp. ^#(石屎)		石	屎
alternative forms		石矢 euphemistic

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shíshǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄕˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sek⁶ si²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): siak⁴ si²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sa̍k-sṳ́

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shíshǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄕˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhshǐh
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-shih³
  - Yale: shŕ-shř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrshyy
  - Palladius: шиши (šiši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    石室
    石屎
    食始
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sek⁶ si²
  - Yale: sehk sí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁹ si²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ség⁶ xi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚² siː³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: siak⁴ si²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siak̚²¹ si⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sa̍k-sṳ́
  - Hakka Romanization System: sag sii^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sag⁶ si³
  - Sinological IPA: /sak̚⁵ sɨ³¹/

Noun

石屎

(chiefly Cantonese) concrete
(Hakka) pebble; rock

Synonyms

(concrete):

三合土 (sānhétǔ, “lime-sand-clay mixture”)
三和土 (Shanghainese)
混凝土
灰塗 / 灰涂 (“lime-sand-clay mixture”) (Hokkien)
砼 (tóng) (technical)

(pebble):

小石塊 / 小石块 (xiǎo shíkuài)
小石頭 / 小石头 (xiǎo shítou)
石仔 (sek⁶ zai²) (Cantonese, Hokkien)
石囝 (Teochew)
石子 (shízǐ)
石子仔 (Singapore Hokkien)
石春 (sek⁶ ceon¹) (Cantonese)
石杮 (Jinjiang Hokkien)
石牯囝 (Puxian Min)
石頭仔 / 石头仔 (Hokkien)
石頭仔囝 / 石头仔囝 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
石頭兒 / 石头儿 (si² tour^2-1) (Sichuanese)
石頭囝 / 石头囝 (Puxian Min)
石頭塊塊 / 石头块块 (Jin)
石頭子 / 石头子 (shítouzǐ) (colloquial)
石頭牯囝 / 石头牯囝 (Puxian Min)
石頭骨 / 石头骨 (shr⁶ dou gu) (Xiang)
礓 (jiāng) (literary or dialectal)
細石 / 细石 (Hakka)

Derived terms

石屎森林
石屎樓 / 石屎楼

References

“Entry #14150”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.