尸
shī HSK7

sitting person

尸 shī frequency
expose corpse noun
(literary) to put a corpse on public display, typically following an execution

在某些古代刑罚中，罪犯死后还会被尸之于市。

zài mǒu​xiē gǔ​dài xíng​fá zhōng, zuì​fàn sǐ hòu hái huì bèi shī zhī yú shì.

In some ancient punishments, the bodies of criminals were publicly displayed in the marketplace after death.

ritual proxy noun
(literary) a person representing the deceased during ancient burial or sacrificial ceremonies

祭礼中由孙辈充当尸以受祭。

jì​lǐ zhōng yóu sūn​bèi chōng​dāng shī yǐ shòu jì.

In sacrificial rites, a grandchild would act as the 'corpse' (personator of the deceased) to receive offerings.

尸 (屍) shī
corpse noun
(bound form) corpse

战后的戈壁滩上横尸遍野，景象凄凉。

zhàn hòu de Gē​bì​tān shàng héng shī biàn​yě, jǐng​xiàng qī​liáng.

After the war, the Gobi Desert was strewn with corpses, a desolate sight.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,517th most common 70.3 per million
Movie subtitles
765th most common 166.2 per million appears in 35% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
43.9 per million appears in 13% of films
Written text
17.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Traditional
屍
Strokes
3
Unicode
U+5C38

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)