鞭屍

Chinese

		a whip or lash; to flog; slash or whip	corpse
trad. (鞭屍/鞭尸)		鞭	屍/尸
simp. (鞭尸)		鞭	尸
alternative forms		binc Hong Kong Internet slang
Literally: “to whip a corpse”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biānshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin¹ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biānshī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bianshih
    • Wade–Giles: pien¹-shih¹
    • Yale: byān-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianshy
    • Palladius: бяньши (bjanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin¹ si¹
    • Yale: bīn sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/

Verb

鞭⫽屍 (verb-object)

1. to punish posthumously by whipping
2. (Internet slang) to mock or laugh at someone's previous actions, even after a very long time

Usage notes

Can be used literally or figuratively. Figuratively, it refers to continued punishment beyond any practical effect, cf. beat a dead horse.