駑駘

Chinese

		worn out old horses	tired; worn out horse
trad. (駑駘)		駑	駘
simp. (驽骀)		驽	骀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nútái

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨˊ ㄊㄞˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nútái
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨˊ ㄊㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nútái
    • Wade–Giles: nu²-tʻai²
    • Yale: nú-tái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nutair
    • Palladius: нутай (nutaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu³⁵ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nu doj|dojX

Rime
Character	駑	駘	駘
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)	定 (7)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	咍 (41)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	乃都切	徒哀切	徒亥切
Baxter	nu	doj	dojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nuo/	/dʌi/	/dʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/nuo/	/dəi/	/dəiX/
Shao Rongfen	/no/	/dɒi/	/dɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɔ/	/dəj/	/dəjX/
Li Rong	/no/	/dᴀi/	/dᴀiX/
Wang Li	/nu/	/dɒi/	/dɒiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/nuo/	/dʱɑ̆i/	/dʱɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nú	tái	dài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nou4	toi4	doi6

Noun

駑駘

1. (literary) nag; inferior horse
2. (literary) mediocre person; mediocrity; incompetency