遲暮

Chinese

		late; delayed; slow	evening; dusk; sunset evening; dusk; sunset; (of time) late; closing
trad. (遲暮)		遲	暮
simp. (迟暮)		迟	暮

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chímù

(Zhuyin): ㄔˊ ㄇㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ mou⁶
Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): ci⁵ mo⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chímù
  - Zhuyin: ㄔˊ ㄇㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chíhmù
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih²-mu⁴
  - Yale: chŕ-mù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyrmuh
  - Palladius: чиму (čimu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ mu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci⁴ mou⁶
  - Yale: chìh mouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ mou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ mou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ mou̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ci⁵ mo⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshî mŏ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mo³⁵/

Noun

遲暮

(literary) nightfall; toward evening; dusk
(literary) remaining years; twilight years
惟草木之零落兮，恐美人之遲暮。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
惟草木之零落兮，恐美人之迟暮。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE
Wéi cǎomù zhī língluò xī, kǒng měirén zhī chímù. [Pinyin]
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Synonyms

(nightfall):

Synonyms of 遲暮

傍晚 (bàngwǎn)
傍黑 (bànghēi) (regional)
入暮 (rùmù)
向晚 (xiàngwǎn) (literary)
向暮 (xiàngmù) (literary)
夜色 (yèsè) (night scenery)
昏暮 (hūnmù) (literary)
暝色 (míngsè) (literary or Teochew, night scenery)

暮色 (mùsè) (shades of evening)
落黑 (Sichuanese)
薄暮 (bómù) (literary)
斷夜／断夜 (Hakka)
斷暗／断暗 (Hakka)
晚來／晚来 (wǎnlái) (literary)
黃昏／黄昏 (huánghūn)

(remaining years):

Synonyms of 遲暮

尾梢 (Min Nan)
晚年 (wǎnnián)
暮年 (mùnián)
皓首 (hàoshǒu) (literary, figurative)
老年 (lǎonián)
老年期 (lǎoniánqī)

衰年 (shuāinián) (literary)
食老 (chia̍h-lāu) (Min Nan)
夕陽／夕阳 (xīyáng) (figurative)
白頭／白头 (báitóu) (figurative)
餘年／余年 (yúnián)

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