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
Min Nan (POJ): kiong-si

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiāngshī
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤㄕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiangshy
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: goeng¹ si¹
  - Yale: gēung sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: goeng¹ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gêng¹ xi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kœːŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiong-si
  - Tâi-lô: kiong-si
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiongsy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ³³ ɕi³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕi⁴⁴/

Noun

殭屍

stiffened corpse; corpse
(mythology) jiangshi (Chinese “hopping” vampire, ghost, or zombie)
(figuratively) walking dead; alive but torpid thing

Japanese

Kanji in this term
殭	屍
きょん Hyōgaiji	しー Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Noun

殭屍 (katakana キョンシー, rōmaji kyonshī)

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

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