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耋

dié

Character

What 耋 means

1. aged
2. in one's eighties

Example sentences

• 克莱恩女士虽已至耄耋之年，但仍然很活泼。
  Kèlái ēn nǚshì suī yǐ zhì màodiézhīnián, dàn réngrán hěn huópo.
  Although Mrs Crane is at her eighties，she is still vivacious.

Words containing 耋

• 耄耋mào diéextremely aged; gray and venerable
• 耄耋之年mào dié zhī niánold age (in one's 80s, 90s, or more)

Characters built on 至

These share the phonetic component 至 (zhì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 垤diéanthill; mound
• 咥diégnaw; bite

Characters that look like 耋

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 堂táng(main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the…
• 蛮mánbarbarian; bullying; very
• 萤yíngfirefly; glow-worm
• 萦yíng(literary) to wind around
• 龛kān(bound form) niche; shrine
• 蜇zhēto sting

Sounds the same

Read dié, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 蝶(bound form) butterfly
• 叠to pile up; (bound form) repeated; to fold
• 谍to spy
• 碟dish; plate
• 迭alternately; repeatedly
• 牒(official) document; dispatch
• 喋used in 喋喋; used in 喋血
• 鲽flatfish; flounder; sole
• 眣prominent eyes
• 垤anthill; mound
• 堞battlements
• 咥gnaw; bite