駑駘

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Chinese

worn out old horses tired; worn out horse
trad. (駑駘)
simp. (驽骀)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (8) (7) (7)
Final () (23) (41) (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () I I I
Fanqie
Baxter nu doj dojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/nuo/ /dʌi/ /dʌiX/
Pan
Wuyun
/nuo/ /dəi/ /dəiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/no/ /dɒi/ /dɒiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/nɔ/ /dəj/ /dəjX/
Li
Rong
/no/ /dᴀi/ /dᴀiX/
Wang
Li
/nu/ /dɒi/ /dɒiX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/nuo/ /dʱɑ̆i/ /dʱɑ̆iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tái dài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
nou4 toi4 doi6

Noun

駑駘

  1. (literary) nag; inferior horse
  2. (literary) mediocre person; mediocrity; incompetency