老死

老死

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
simp. and trad. (老死)		老	死

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ sei²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ sei²
    • Yale: lóuh séi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ sei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ séi²
    • IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ sei̯³⁵/

Noun

老死

1. (Cantonese) old friend; old pal

   小明係我個老死。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   小明系我个老死。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   Siu² ming⁴ hai⁶ ngo⁵ go³ lou⁵ sei². [Jyutping]

   Siu Ming is an old friend of mine.

Synonyms

• 老友 (lǎoyǒu), 死黨／死党 (sǐdǎng)

Verb

老死

1. (Cantonese) to die of old age

   黃伯今日死咗，死因係老死。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   黄伯今日死咗，死因系老死。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   Wong⁴ baak³ gam¹ jat⁶ sei² zo², sei² jan¹ hai⁶ lou⁵ sei². [Jyutping]

   Old Man Wong died today; the cause was old age.