耄耋

耄耋

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màodié

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ ㄉㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁶ dit⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: màodié
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ ㄉㄧㄝˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mawdye
    • IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹ ti̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁶ dit⁶
    • Yale: mouh diht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁶ dit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁶ did⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /mou̯²² tiːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: /mɑu^H  det̚/▼

Rime
Character	耄	耋
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	莫報切	徒結切
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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*maːws  diːɡ/

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