老耄

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	aged
trad. (老耄)		老	耄
simp. ^#(老耄)		老	耄

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎomào

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ mou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎomào
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎomào
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-mao⁴
  - Yale: lǎu-màu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laomaw
  - Palladius: лаомао (laomao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    老眊
    老耄
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ mou⁶
  - Yale: lóuh mouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ mou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ mou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ mou̯²²/

Adjective

老耄

senile; decrepit

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
老	耄
ろう Grade: 4	もう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) ろーもー [ròómóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ːmo̞ː]

Noun

老(ろう)耄(もう) • (rōmō) ^{←らうもう (raumou)^?}

a dotard

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
老	耄
お(い) Grade: 4	ぼ(れ) Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 老耄 – see the following entry.

【おいぼれ】

[noun] (derogatory or humble) becoming senile, or someone who is senile and confused; dotage; dodderer; dotard

Alternative spellings
老い耄れ, 老いぼれ, 老ぼれ, 老耄れ, 老耄

(This term, 老耄, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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