尸位 in Chinese

IPA: /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /siː⁵⁵ wɐi̯²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/, /siː⁵⁵ wɐi̯²²/ Chinese transliterations: shīwèi [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄕㄨㄟˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], si¹ wai⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], shīwèi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄕㄨㄟˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], shihwèi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], shih¹-wei⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], shr̄-wèi [Mandarin, Yale, standard], shywey [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], шивэй [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], šivɛj [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sī waih [Cantonese, Yale], si¹ wai⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], xi¹ wei⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], syij hwijH [Middle-Chinese], /*l̥̥[ə]j [ɢ]ʷrəp-s/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*hli ɢʷrɯbs/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: First attested in the The Book of Han or Lunheng, both circa the 1ˢᵗ century CE. Not originally from 《五子之歌》(Song of Five People) since this chapter is among the 25 Forged Old Text Shangshu (i.e.《偽古文尚書》) chapters, counterfeited circa 318 CE. Etymology templates: {{etydate/the|}} the, {{etydate|}} First attested in the, {{circa2|the 1ˢᵗ century}} circa the 1ˢᵗ century, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{lang|zh|《五子之歌》}} 《五子之歌》, {{lw|zh|偽古文尚書|pref=《|suf=》}} 《偽古文尚書》, {{circa2|318}} circa 318, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 尸位

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"尸位" meaning in Chinese

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