老掉牙

老掉牙

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	to drop; to fall	tooth; ivory
simp. and trad. (老掉牙)		老	掉	牙
Literally: “so old that teeth are falling out”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎodiàoyá

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ diu⁶ ngaa⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǎodiàoyá
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄧㄚˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laodiawya
    • IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ i̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ diu⁶ ngaa⁴
    • Yale: lóuh diuh ngàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ diu⁶ ngaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ diu⁶ nga⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ tiːu̯²² ŋäː²¹/

Adjective

老掉牙

1. (idiomatic) old; old-fashioned; stale; clichéd

   老掉牙的故事  ―  lǎodiàoyá de gùshì  ―  cliché story