Chinese symbol for “morgue”
停尸间
tíng shī jiān
Traditional: 停屍間
morgue
The closest CC-CEDICT match for morgue is 停尸间 (tíng shī jiān), defined as: morgue.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “morgue”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 太平间 (太平間) | tài píng jiān | mortuary; morgue |
| 殓尸房 (殮屍房) | liàn shī fáng | morgue |
| 殓房 (殮房) | liàn fáng | morgue |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 停尸间.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 停止 | tíng zhǐ | to stop; to halt; to cease |
| 不停 | bù tíng | incessant |
| 暂停 (暫停) | zàn tíng | to suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports) |
| 停留 | tíng liú | to stay for a time; to stop; to remain; to remain (at a stage, level etc) |
| 停车 (停車) | tíng chē | to pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park |
| 停车场 (停車場) | tíng chē chǎng | parking lot; car park |
| 尸体 (屍體) | shī tǐ | corpse; dead body |
| 僵尸 (殭屍) | jiāng shī | gyonshi; jiang shi |
| 时间 (時間) | shí jiān | (concept of) time; (duration of) time |
See also: Japanese symbol for “morgue”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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