老年痴呆

See also: 老年癡呆

Chinese

		old age; autumn years; in former times	stupid; dull; dementia
trad. (老年痴呆/老年癡呆)		老年	痴呆/癡呆
simp. (老年痴呆)		老年	痴呆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎonián chīdāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄔ ㄉㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ nin⁴ ci¹ ngoi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎonián chīdāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄔ ㄉㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎonián chihdai
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-nien² chʻih¹-tai¹
    • Yale: lǎu-nyán chr̄-dāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laonian chydai
    • Palladius: лаонянь чидай (laonjanʹ čidaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ nin⁴ ci¹ ngoi⁴
    • Yale: lóuh nìhn chī ngòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ nin⁴ tsi¹ ngoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ nin⁴ qi¹ ngoi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ niːn²¹ t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ ŋɔːi̯²¹/

Noun

老年痴呆

1. (neurology) senile dementia; Alzheimer's disease

Synonyms

• 老人痴呆 (lǎorén chīdāi)
• (Hong Kong) 腦退化症／脑退化症 (nǎotuìhuàzhèng)