耄耋

Chinese

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 耄 耋
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 豪 (89) 先 (87)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I IV
Fanqie 莫報切 徒結切
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 耄 耋
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 8788 17351
Phonetic
component
毛 至
Rime
group
宵 質
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
冃 姪
Old
Chinese
/*maːws/ /*diːɡ/
Notes 見爾雅

Noun

耄耋

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