Chinese Word: 耄 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

耄

Pinyin: mào

English Definition: extremely aged (in one's 80s or 90s); octogenarian; nonagenarian

Chinese Definition:
①年老，八九十岁的年纪：老耄。耄耋之年。
②昏乱。

Total strokes: 10; Radical: 老

Pictophonetic:毛 indicates the sound; 老 (old) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 老 [ lǎo ] old, aged; experienced
- 毛 [ máo ] hair, fur, feathers; coarse

Similar Characters: 耋

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Example Words

耄耋	mào dié	extremely aged; gray and venerable
耄耋之年	mào dié zhī nián	old age (in one's 80s, 90s, or more)
老耄	lǎo mào	dim sight of the aged; doddering; senile
耄倪	mào ní	old and young
耄思	mào sī	to be upset or disturbed

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Example Sentences

1		wēi lián 威廉 shàng zhōu 上周 sǐ 死 le 了， nǐ 你 zhī dào 知道 ma 吗？ bú guò 不过 tā 他 yǐ 已 huó 活 dào 到 le 了 mào 耄 mào 耄 zhī 之 nián 年。 Did you hear that William died last week? Still, he lived to a ripe old age.
2		jǐ nián 几年 qián 前， dāng 当 wǒ 我 wài zǔ fù mǔ 外祖父母 jìn rù 进入 mào 耄 mào 耄 zhī 之 nián 年 shí 时。 Several years ago when my grandparents were well into their eighties.
3		yǒu 有 luò tuo 骆驼、 shān yáng 山羊、 lǘ 驴、 yáng 羊、 dí 涤 mào 耄 nà xiē 那些 dòng wù 动物 hú 糊 xīn 心 zhèng zài 正在 shā mò 沙漠 zhí wù 植物 zhǎn 盏 lán 阑 xū 需 gōng 供 tài duō 太多 de 的 shuǐ 水。 They have camels, goats, donkeys, sheep, etc. These animals can live on the desert plants and do not need much water.
4		zhǔ xí 主席 zài 在 dié 耋 mào 耄 zhī 之 nián 年 yǐ 以 zì jǐ 自己 de 的 xíng dòng 行动 biǎo míng 表明， zhǔ xí 主席 méi yǒu 没有 wéi bèi 违背 zì jǐ 自己 de 的 xìn yǎng 信仰， zhǔ xí 主席 lì xíng 立行 hé yī 合一， yī yǐ guàn zhī 一以贯之， cóng yī ér zhōng 从一而终。 President Die Mao years in with their own actions show that President didn't break my own beliefs, chairman made aura of economics-conflicts designation, a lifetime.
5		shēng mìng 生命 jiù shì 就是 rú cǐ 如此， yīn wèi 因为 sǐ wáng 死亡 hěn kě néng 很可能 shì 是 shēng mìng 生命 zuì hǎo 最好 de 的 zào wù 造物， tā 它 shì 是 shēng mìng 生命 gēng dié 更迭 de 的 méi jiè 媒介， sòng zǒu 送走 dié 耋 mào 耄 lǎo zhě 老者， gěi 给 xīn shēng dài 新生代 ràng lù 让路。 No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It's life's change agent; it clears out the old to make way for the new.

More Sentences

1		wēi lián 威廉 shàng zhōu 上周 sǐ 死 le 了， nǐ 你 zhī dào 知道 ma 吗？ bú guò 不过 tā 他 yǐ 已 huó 活 dào 到 le 了 mào 耄 mào 耄 zhī 之 nián 年。 Did you hear that William died last week? Still, he lived to a ripe old age.
2		jǐ nián 几年 qián 前， dāng 当 wǒ 我 wài zǔ fù mǔ 外祖父母 jìn rù 进入 mào 耄 mào 耄 zhī 之 nián 年 shí 时。 Several years ago when my grandparents were well into their eighties.
3		yǒu 有 luò tuo 骆驼、 shān yáng 山羊、 lǘ 驴、 yáng 羊、 dí 涤 mào 耄 nà xiē 那些 dòng wù 动物 hú 糊 xīn 心 zhèng zài 正在 shā mò 沙漠 zhí wù 植物 zhǎn 盏 lán 阑 xū 需 gōng 供 tài duō 太多 de 的 shuǐ 水。 They have camels, goats, donkeys, sheep, etc. These animals can live on the desert plants and do not need much water.
4		zhǔ xí 主席 zài 在 dié 耋 mào 耄 zhī 之 nián 年 yǐ 以 zì jǐ 自己 de 的 xíng dòng 行动 biǎo míng 表明， zhǔ xí 主席 méi yǒu 没有 wéi bèi 违背 zì jǐ 自己 de 的 xìn yǎng 信仰， zhǔ xí 主席 lì xíng 立行 hé yī 合一， yī yǐ guàn zhī 一以贯之， cóng yī ér zhōng 从一而终。 President Die Mao years in with their own actions show that President didn't break my own beliefs, chairman made aura of economics-conflicts designation, a lifetime.
5		shēng mìng 生命 jiù shì 就是 rú cǐ 如此， yīn wèi 因为 sǐ wáng 死亡 hěn kě néng 很可能 shì 是 shēng mìng 生命 zuì hǎo 最好 de 的 zào wù 造物， tā 它 shì 是 shēng mìng 生命 gēng dié 更迭 de 的 méi jiè 媒介， sòng zǒu 送走 dié 耋 mào 耄 lǎo zhě 老者， gěi 给 xīn shēng dài 新生代 ràng lù 让路。 No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It's life's change agent; it clears out the old to make way for the new.

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