耄耋

Chinese

Etymology 1

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

耄 (mào, “aged; about eighty or ninety”) +‎ 耋 (dié, “aged; about seventy or eighty”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màodié

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ ㄉㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁶ dit⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màodié
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ ㄉㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màodié
    • Wade–Giles: mao⁴-tieh²
    • Yale: màu-dyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mawdye
    • Palladius: маоде (maode)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹ ti̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁶ dit⁶
    • Yale: mouh diht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁶ dit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁶ did⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²² tiːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: mawH det

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
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mɑuH/	/dʱiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mào	dié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou6	dit6

• 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. an elder of eighty or ninety

Etymology 2

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

From 貓爹 / 猫爹 (māo diē, “cat dad”) by homophony (mào dié).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màodié

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ ㄉㄧㄝˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màodié
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ ㄉㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màodié
    • Wade–Giles: mao⁴-tieh²
    • Yale: màu-dyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mawdye
    • Palladius: маоде (maode)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹ ti̯ɛ³⁵/

Noun

耄耋

1. (Internet slang) an aggressive or feral cat, originally a specific orange stray dubbed 圓頭耄耋 / 圆头耄耋 (“round-headed "Maodie"”)