bất tử
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓət̚˧˦ tɨ˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ tɨ˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓək̚˦˥ tɨ˨˩˦]
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 不死 (“to not die”).
Adjective
Etymology 2
Short for bất đắc kì tử (不得其死, “to not get one's (usual) death; to die suddenly”), an idiom originating from the Analects. Compare Chinese 不得好死 (bất đắc hảo tử).
Adverb
- (Southern Vietnam) (dying) all of a sudden; unexpectedly
- chết bất tử ― to drop dead (literally, “die not-die”)
- (Southern Vietnam, by extension) suddenly; all of a sudden