不死

Chinese

		not; no	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (不死)		不	死
simp. #(不死)		不	死

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùsǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄙˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ sei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùsǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄙˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùsǐh
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-ssŭ³
    • Yale: bù-sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: busyy
    • Palladius: бусы (busy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ sei²
    • Yale: bāt séi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ sei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ séi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ sei̯³⁵/

Verb

不死

1. to live forever; to be immortal

Synonyms

• 不朽 (bùxiǔ)
• 永存 (yǒngcún)
• 永生 (yǒngshēng)

 

Derived terms

• 不到烏江心不死／不到乌江心不死
• 不到黃河心不死／不到黄河心不死 (bù dào Huánghé xīn bù sǐ)
• 不死不活 (bùsǐ bùhuó)
• 不死不生
• 不死也半條命／不死也半条命 (bù sǐ yě bàn tiáo mìng)
• 不死也帶傷／不死也带伤
• 不死即傷／不死即伤
• 不死國／不死国
• 不死山
• 不死樹／不死树
• 不死民
• 不死草
• 不死藥／不死药
• 不生不死
• 大難不死／大难不死 (dànànbùsǐ)
• 大難不死，必有厚祿／大难不死，必有厚禄
• 大難不死，必有後祿／大难不死，必有后禄
• 大難不死，必有後福／大难不死，必有后福 (dànàn bù sǐ, bì yǒu hòufú)
• 好死不死
• 慶父不死，魯難未已／庆父不死，鲁难未已
• 打蛇不死，自遺其害／打蛇不死，自遗其害
• 死不死，活不活
• 活不活，死不死
• 老不死 (lǎobùsǐ)
• 老而不死是為賊／老而不死是为贼 (lǎo ér bù sǐ shì wéi zéi)
• 藥醫不死病，佛度有緣人／药医不死病，佛度有缘人
• 長生不死／长生不死

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	死
ふ Grade: 4	し Grade: 3
goon

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese compound 不死 (MC pjuw|pjuwX|pjut sijX, literally “not + die”).

First attested in Japanese to a text from 797 CE.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふし​ [fùshíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) ふ​し [fúꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̊ᵝɕi]

Noun

不(ふ)死(し) • (fushi) 

1. [from 797] immortality, deathlessness, eternal life, life without death

Usage notes

• Used in compounds.
• When used as a standalone word, often encountered in an attributive role using the particle の (no).

Derived terms

• 不死身(ふじみ) (fujimi, “invulnerability, indestructibility”)
• 不(ふ)死(し)鳥(ちょう) (fushichō, “phoenix”)
• 不(ふ)老(ろう)不(ふ)死(し) (furō fushi, “agelessness and immortality”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
不	死

Noun

不死 • (bulsa) (hangeul 불사)

1. Hanja form^? of 불사 (“immortality”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
不	死

Adjective

不死

1. chữ Hán form of bất tử (“immortal”).