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

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/

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	/mɑu^H/	/det̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mɑu^H/	/det̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mɑu^H/	/dɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maw^H/	/dɛt̚/
Li Rong	/mɑu^H/	/det̚/
Wang Li	/mɑu^H/	/diet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mɑu^H/	/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

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

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