耄耋

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Chinese

aged aged; in one's eighties
trad. (耄耋)
simp. #(耄耋)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (7)
Final () (89) (87)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I IV
Fanqie
Baxter mawH det
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mɑuH/ /det̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/mɑuH/ /det̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/mɑuH/ /dɛt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mawH/ /dɛt̚/
Li
Rong
/mɑuH/ /det̚/
Wang
Li
/mɑuH/ /diet̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mɑuH/ /dʱiet̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
mào dié
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mou6 dit6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 8788 17351
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*maːws/ /*diːɡ/
Notes

Noun

耄耋

  1. (literary) octogenarian old age (usually 80–100 years of age) or an elderly person of that age