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): ㄅㄧㄢㄕ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bin¹ si¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biānshī
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢㄕ
  - 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)

to punish posthumously by whipping
(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.

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