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		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	aged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

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• 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): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 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

1. senile; decrepit

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 老戇／老戆

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
老	耄
ろう Grade: 4	もう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. a dotard

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
老	耄
お(い) Grade: 4	ぼ(れ) Hyōgai
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

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