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屎

Mandarin · pinyin shǐ

feces; excrement; a stool
(bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)

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屎: shǐ · excrement, shit, dung

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3 · shi3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hei1 · si2

Cantonese word readings for 屎. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

excrement; poop (Classifier: 坨 m; 篤／笃 c; 坺 c; 箍 mn)
secretion from the body; tear, earwax, snot, etc.
residue; waste; debris
(vulgar) worthless; useless; despicable
(vulgar) useless thing
(Cantonese) shitty; bad; poor; of inferior quality
(Internet slang) alternative form of 死 (sǐ)

character · Etymology 2

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 殿屎 (“to groan”)

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