不死
Chinese
| not; no | to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (不死) | 不 | 死 | |
| simp. #(不死) | 不 | 死 | |
Pronunciation
- 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⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
不死
Synonyms
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 [f
ùshíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[2][3] - (Tokyo) ふし [f
úꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3][4] - IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟̊ɕi]
Noun
不死 • (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 (fujimi, “invulnerability, indestructibility”)
- 不死鳥 (fushichō, “phoenix”)
- 不老不死 (furō fushi, “agelessness and immortality”)
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: 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