老不死

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	to live forever; to be immortal
trad. (老不死)		老	不死
simp. #(老不死)		老	不死
Literally: “old and won't die”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎobùsǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄙˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎobùsǐ → lǎobusǐ (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄙˇ → ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄙˇ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎobůsǐh
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-pu⁵-ssŭ³
    • Yale: lǎu-bu-sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laobusyy
    • Palladius: лаобусы (laobusy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ b̥u⁴ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Adjective

老不死

1. (colloquial) old and weak; haggard and annoying

Noun

老不死

1. (colloquial) old bastard