期頤

Chinese

		a period of time; phase; stage a period of time; phase; stage; (used for issue of a periodical, courses of study); time; term; period; to hope	cheeks; nourish
trad. (期頤)		期	頤
simp. (期颐)		期	颐

Etymology

From the Book of Rites, Book 1 (《禮記·曲禮上》):

人生十年曰幼，學。二十曰弱，冠。三十曰壯，有室。……百年曰期，頤。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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人生十年曰幼，学。二十曰弱，冠。三十曰壮，有室。……百年曰期，颐。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Rén shēng shí nián yuē yòu, xué. Èrshí yuē ruò, guàn. Sānshí yuē zhuàng, yǒu shì....... Bǎinián yuē qī, yí. [Pinyin]

When one is ten years old, we call him a boy; he goes (out) to school. When he is twenty, we call him a youth; he is capped. When he is thirty, we say, 'He is at his maturity;' he has a wife. […] At a hundred, he is called a centenarian, and has to be fed.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīyí, qíyí

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄧˊ, ㄑㄧˊ ㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīyí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciyí
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-i²
    • Yale: chī-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiyi
    • Palladius: ции (cii)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ i³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíyí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíyí
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-i²
    • Yale: chí-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyiyi
    • Palladius: ции (cii)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ i³⁵/

Noun

期頤

1. (literary, of a person) one hundred years of age