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
- (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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
毛爺爺
- (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.]
- 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.
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.]