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
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ci⁵ mo⁶

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• 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/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ci⁵ mo⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshî mŏ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mo³⁵/

Noun

遲暮

1. (literary) nightfall; toward evening; dusk
2. (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]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• (nightfall):

• 傍晚 (bàngwǎn)
• 傍黑 (bànghēi) (regional)
• 入暮 (rùmù)
• 向晚 (xiàngwǎn) (literary)
• 向暮 (xiàngmù) (literary)
• 夜色 (yèsè) (night scenery)
• 斷夜／断夜 (Hakka)
• 斷暗／断暗 (Hakka)
• 昏暮 (hūnmù) (literary)
• 晚來／晚来 (wǎnlái) (literary)
• 暝色 (míngsè) (literary or Teochew, night scenery)
• 暮色 (mùsè) (shades of evening)
• 落黑 (no² he²) (Sichuanese)
• 薄暮 (bómù) (literary)
• 黃昏／黄昏 (huánghūn)

 

• (remaining years):

• 夕陽／夕阳 (xīyáng) (figurative)
• 尾梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 晚年 (wǎnnián)
• 暮年 (mùnián)
• 白頭／白头 (báitóu) (figurative)
• 皓首 (hàoshǒu) (literary, figurative)
• 老年 (lǎonián)
• 老年期 (lǎoniánqī)
• 衰年 (shuāinián) (literary)
• 食老 (chia̍h-lāu) (Hokkien)
• 餘年／余年 (yúnián)