bất tử
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See also: battu
Vietnamese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓət̚˧˦ tɨ˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ tɨ˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓək̚˦˥ tɨ˨˩˦]
Etymology 1[edit]
Sino-Vietnamese word from 不死 (“to not die”).
Adjective[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Clipping of bất đắc kì tử (“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[edit]
- (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