老不死

Chinese

 
old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
 immortality; eternal life; immortal
simp. and trad.
(老不死)		 老 不死
Literally: “old and won't die”.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: lǎobùsǐ → lǎobusǐ (toneless variant)
      • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄙˇ → ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄙˇ (toneless variant)
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laobu5syy
      • IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ 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
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