老死
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Chinese
[edit]old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid | ||
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trad. (老死) | 老 | 死 | |
simp. #(老死) | 老 | 死 |
Etymology
[edit]- old age and death
Calque of Sanskrit जरामरण (jarāmaraṇa), from जरा (jarā, “old age”) + मरण (maraṇa, “death”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄙˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lǎosǐh
- Wade–Giles: lao3-ssŭ3
- Yale: lǎu-sž
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laosyy
- Palladius: лаосы (laosy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lou5 sei2
- Yale: lóuh séi
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou5 sei2
- Guangdong Romanization: lou5 séi2
- Sinological IPA (key): /lou̯¹³ sei̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
[edit]老死
- to die of old age; to die a natural death
Noun
[edit]老死
Synonyms
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