嫪毐
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Chinese
| surname; lustful | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (嫪毐) | 嫪 | 毐 | |
| simp. #(嫪毐) | 嫪 | 毐 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˋ ㄞˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Lào-ǎi
- Wade–Giles: Lao4-ai3
- Yale: Làu-ǎi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lawae
- Palladius: Лаоай (Laoaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯⁵¹ ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lou6 oi2
- Yale: louh ói
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou6 oi2
- Guangdong Romanization: lou6 oi2
- Sinological IPA (key): /lou̯²² ɔːi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: lawH 'ojX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*rɯːws ʔmɯːʔ/
Proper noun
嫪毐
- Lao Ai (a phony eunuch who was secretly the lover of Queen Dowager Zhao, the mother of Qin Shi Huangdi)
- 大陰人嫪毐 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- dàyīnrén Lào'ǎi
- Lao Ai with a large penis
大阴人嫪毐 [Classical Chinese, simp.]