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

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/

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	/lɑu^H/	/ʔʌi^X/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑu^H/	/ʔəi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑu^H/	/ʔɒi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/law^H/	/ʔəj^X/
Li Rong	/lɑu^H/	/ʔᴀi^X/
Wang Li	/lɑu^H/	/ɒi^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑu^H/	/ʔɑ̆i^X/
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

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

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