老不死

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	to live forever; to be immortal
trad. (老不死)		老	不死
simp. ^#(老不死)		老	不死
Literally: “old and won't die”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎobùsǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄙˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎobùsǐ → lǎobusǐ (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄙˇ → ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄅㄨㄙˇ (toneless variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎobůsǐh
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-pu⁵-ssŭ³
  - Yale: lǎu-bu-sž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laobusyy
  - Palladius: лаобусы (laobusy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ b̥u⁴ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Adjective

老不死

(colloquial) old and weak; haggard and annoying

Noun

老不死

(colloquial) old bastard

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