二毛

Chinese

		two	hair
simp. and trad. (二毛)		二	毛
Literally: “with hair of two colours; salt and pepper”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): èrmáo

(Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄇㄠˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: èrmáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄇㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: èrmáo
  - Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-mao²
  - Yale: èr-máu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellmau
  - Palladius: эрмао (ermao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /ȵiɪ^H mɑu/

Rime
Character	二	毛
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	而至切	莫袍切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪ^H/	/mɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵi^H/	/mɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjɪ^H/	/mɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵi^H/	/maw/
Li Rong	/ȵi^H/	/mɑu/
Wang Li	/ȵʑi^H/	/mɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi^H/	/mɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	èr	máo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji⁶	mou⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ni[j]-s C.mˤaw/

(Zhengzhang): /*njis maːw|maːws/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	二	毛
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	èr	máo
Middle Chinese	‹ nyij^H ›	‹ maw ›
Old Chinese	/*ni[j]-s/	/*C.mˁaw/
English	two	hair
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	二	毛	毛
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
No.	2824	8780	8791
Phonetic component	二	毛	毛
Rime group	脂	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	二	毛	冃
Old Chinese	/*njis/	/*maːw/	/*maːws/

Adjective

二毛

(metonymically, of a person, literary) middle-aged; approaching old age
公曰：「君子不重傷，不禽二毛。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
公曰：“君子不重伤，不禽二毛。” [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE
Gōng yuē: “Jūnzǐ bù chóngshāng, bù qín èrmáo.” [Pinyin]
The Duke said: "A man of superior morality does not wound his enemy twice. He chooses not to capture an opponent who is approaching his old age."

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