尸位素餐

Chinese

		to hold one's position like a corpse; to hold one's position without doing anything	to eat without working; to maintain a vegetarian diet
trad. (尸位素餐)		尸位	素餐
simp. ^#(尸位素餐)		尸位	素餐

今朝廷大臣，上不能匡主，下亡以益民，皆尸位素餐。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

Jīn cháotíng dàchén, shàng bù néng kuāngzhǔ, xià wú yǐ yìmín, jiē shīwèisùcān. [Pinyin]

Now in the royal court, ministers who can't assist the emperor or benefit the people all hold their positions and live without doing anything.

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shīwèisùcān
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄨˋ ㄘㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shihwèisùcan
  - Wade–Giles: shih¹-wei⁴-su⁴-tsʻan¹
  - Yale: shr̄-wèi-sù-tsān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyweysuhtsan
  - Palladius: шивэйсуцань (šivɛjsucanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ su⁵¹ t͡sʰän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹ wai⁶ sou³ caan¹
  - Yale: sī waih sou chāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ wai⁶ sou³ tsaan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ wei⁶ sou³ can¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ wɐi̯²² sou̯³³ t͡sʰaːn⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sĭ-ôi-só-chuăng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ui²⁴²⁽⁻²¹⁾ ^(s-)lu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒuaŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: si¹ ui⁷ su³ cang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: si ūi sù tshang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si³³⁻²³ ui¹¹ su²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰaŋ³³/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	尸	位	素
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shī	wèi	sù
Middle Chinese	‹ syij ›	‹ hwij^H ›	‹ su^H ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥̥[ə]j/	/[ɢ]ʷrəp-s/ (< ɢʷəʔ-rəp-s ?)	/*[s]ˁak-s/
English	corpse	standing, position	white silk
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

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