耄

耄

🔊 mào = m + ao4

extremely aged (in one's 80s or 90s) / octogenarian / nonagenarian

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How to pronounce 耄

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

mào

= m initial

M is for Mahatma Gandhi.

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+ ao4 final

In the aorta’s bathroom.

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耄 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

• 耄
  • 老
    • ⺹
      • 土
        • 十
          • 一
          • 丨
        • 一
      • 丿
    • 匕
      • 丿
      • 乚
  • 毛
    • 丿
    • 二
      • 一
    • 乚

Component Translations

老

🔊 lǎo = l + ao3

prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough

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毛

🔊 máo = m + ao2

hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])

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