bất đắc kì tử

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Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 不得其死 (to not get one's (usual) death), from the Analects.

Compare Chinese 不得其死 (bất đắc kì tử), 不得好死 (bất đắc hảo tử).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓət̚˧˦ ʔɗak̚˧˦ ki˨˩ tɨ˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ ʔɗak̚˦˧˥ kɪj˦˩ tɨ˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓək̚˦˥ ʔɗak̚˦˥ kɪj˨˩ tɨ˨˩˦]

Idiom

bất đắc tử

  1. (colloquial) to die suddenly for no reason at all; to drop dead

See also