老底

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)
trad. (老底)		老	底
simp. #(老底)		老	底

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎodǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎodǐ [Phonetic: láodǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎodǐ
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-ti³
    • Yale: lǎu-dǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laodii
    • Palladius: лаоди (laodi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎodǐr [Phonetic: láodǐr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄧˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎodǐr
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-ti³-ʼrh
    • Yale: lǎu-dǐr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laodieel
    • Palladius: лаодир (laodir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tiə̯ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

老底

1. (colloquial) one's (unsavoury) past; one's personal background
2. (colloquial) ancestral estate
3. (obsolete, colloquial, non-face-to-face) one's own father

Derived terms

• 兜老底
• 揭老底 (jiē lǎodǐ)
• 老底兒／老底儿
• 老底子 (lǎodǐzi)