逝者

Chinese

		depart; die	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does sth)
trad. (逝者)		逝	者
simp. #(逝者)		逝	者

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìzhě

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄓㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai⁶ ze²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): si⁷ zia²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìzhě
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄓㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhjhě
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-chê³
    • Yale: shr̀-jě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhjee
    • Palladius: шичжэ (šičžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai⁶ ze²
    • Yale: saih jé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai⁶ dze²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei⁶ zé²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯²² t͡sɛː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: si⁷ zia²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sī tsiá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si¹¹ t͡sia⁵²/

Noun

逝者

1. (literary) the dead; the deceased; the departed

Synonyms

• 亡人 (wángrén) (literary)
• 亡者 (wángzhě) (literary)
• 往生者 (wǎngshēngzhě) (Buddhism, euphemism)
• 故人 (gùrén) (literary)
• 死人 (sǐrén)
• 死者 (sǐzhě)
• 瓜碼子／瓜码子 (gua¹ ma³ zr) (Xiang)
• 聖人／圣人 (Hokkien, euphemism)