老耄

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Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	aged
trad. (老耄)		老	耄
simp. ^#(老耄)		老	耄

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎomào

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ mou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎomào
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎomào
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-mao⁴
  - Yale: lǎu-màu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laomaw
  - Palladius: лаомао (laomao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    老眊
    老耄
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ mou⁶
  - Yale: lóuh mouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ mou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ mou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ mou̯²²/

Adjective

老耄

senile; decrepit

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 老戇／老戆

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
老	耄
ろう Grade: 4	もう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ろーもー (Heiban – )^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key):

Noun

老(ろう)耄(もう) • (rōmō) ^{←らうもう (raumou)^?}

a dotard

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
老	耄
お(い) Grade: 4	ぼ(れ) Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 老耄 – see the following entry.

【おいぼれ】

(derogatory or humble) becoming senile, or someone who is senile and confused; dotage; dodderer; dotard

Alternative spellings
老い耄れ, 老いぼれ, 老ぼれ, 老耄れ

(This term, 老耄, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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