不死

Chinese

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùsǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄙˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ sei²

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

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.[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふし [fùshíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[2][3]
(Tokyo) ふし [fúꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3][4]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̊ᵝɕi]

Noun

不(ふ)死(し) • (fushi)

[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”)

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
不	死

Noun

不死 • (bulsa) (hangeul 불사)

Hanja form^? of 불사 (“immortality”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
不	死

Adjective

不死

chữ Hán form of bất tử (“immortal”).

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