毛爺爺

Chinese

		hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar	paternal grandfather
trad. (毛爺爺)		毛	爺爺
simp. (毛爷爷)		毛	爷爷

Etymology

From an endearing name for Mao Zedong, featured on the 100-yuan bill.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Máo yéye

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄧㄝ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Máo yéye
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Máo yéye̊
    • Wade–Giles: Mao² yeh²-yeh⁵
    • Yale: Máu yé-ye
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mau ye.ie
    • Palladius: Мао ее (Mao jeje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ jɛ³⁵ jɛ³/

Noun

毛爺爺

1. (Mainland China, colloquial) 100-yuan bill (Classifier: 張／张 m)
   • 2017, 郭爽, “拱豬”, in 《拱豬：第七屆「BenQ華文世界電影小說獎」得獎作品集》, Taipei: 時報文化, →ISBN, page 9:

     丁小莉不再吭聲，從紅色手提包裡數五張毛爺爺出來，放在男人大腿旁。 [MSC, trad.]
     丁小莉不再吭声，从红色手提包里数五张毛爷爷出来，放在男人大腿旁。 [MSC, simp.]

     Dīng Xiǎolì bùzài kēngshēng, cóng hóngsè shǒutíbāo lǐ shù wǔ zhāng Máo yéye chūlái, fàng zài nánrén dàtuǐ páng. [Pinyin]

     Without saying another word, Ding Xiaoli counted five 100-yuan bills from her red handbag and put it beside the man's thigh.