bất tử

== Vietnamese == === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓət̚˧˦ tɨ˧˩] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ tɨ˧˨] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓək̚˦˥ tɨ˨˩˦] === Etymology 1 === Sino-Vietnamese word from 不死 (“to not die”). ==== Adjective ==== bất tử (formal) immortal; everlasting; undying === Etymology 2 === 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 ==== bất tử (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 ==== Adjective ==== bất tử (Southern Vietnam, colloquial) reckless; rash; unruly