老邁

See also: 老迈

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	take a step
trad. (老邁)		老	邁
simp. (老迈)		老	迈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎomài

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ maai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nó͘-māi / ló-māi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎomài
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎomài
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-mai⁴
    • Yale: lǎu-mài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laomay
    • Palladius: лаомай (laomaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ maɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ maai⁶
    • Yale: lóuh maaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ maai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ mai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ maːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nó͘-māi
    • Tâi-lô: nóo-māi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nofmai
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mãi⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-māi
    • Tâi-lô: ló-māi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loymai
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mãi²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mãi³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mãi³³/

Adjective

老邁

1. aged; senile

Synonyms

• 下架 (xia⁵ jia⁴) (Xiang)
• 垂老 (chuílǎo) (literary)
• 年歲大／年岁大 (niánsuì dà)
• 年紀大／年纪大 (niánjì dà)
• 年老 (niánlǎo)
• 年長／年长 (niánzhǎng)
• 老 (lǎo)
• 老大 (lǎodà) (literary)
• 蒼老／苍老 (cānglǎo)
• 衰老 (shuāilǎo) (senile)

 

Derived terms

• 老邁無能／老迈无能 (lǎomàiwúnéng)