嫪毐

Chinese

		surname; lustful
trad. (嫪毐)		嫪	毐
simp. #(嫪毐)		嫪	毐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lào'ǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˋ ㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁶ oi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lào'ǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˋ ㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lào-ǎi
    • Wade–Giles: Lao⁴-ai³
    • Yale: Làu-ǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lawae
    • Palladius: Лаоай (Laoaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯⁵¹ ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁶ oi²
    • Yale: louh ói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁶ oi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁶ oi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²² ɔːi̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: lawH 'ojX

Rime
Character	嫪	毐
Reading #	2/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	郎到切	於改切
Baxter	lawH	'ojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑuH/	/ʔʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑuH/	/ʔəiX/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑuH/	/ʔɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lawH/	/ʔəjX/
Li Rong	/lɑuH/	/ʔᴀiX/
Wang Li	/lɑuH/	/ɒiX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑuH/	/ʔɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lào	ǎi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lou6	oi2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯːws  ʔmɯːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嫪	毐
Reading #	2/2	2/2
No.	8346	9285
Phonetic component	翏	母
Rime group	幽	之
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	嫪	欸
Old Chinese	/*rɯːws/	/*ʔmɯːʔ/

Proper noun

嫪毐

1. Lao Ai (a phony eunuch who was secretly the lover of Queen Dowager Zhao, the mother of Qin Shi Huangdi)

   • 大陰人嫪毐 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     大阴人嫪毐 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     dàyīnrén Lào'ǎi [Pinyin]

     Lao Ai with a large penis