老調

老調

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	harmonize; reconcile; blend harmonize; reconcile; blend; suit well; provoke; incite; mode (music); to move (troops); tune; tone; melody; to transfer
trad. (老調)		老	調
simp. (老调)		老	调

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎodiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ diu⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): láu-tiāu / lāu-tiāu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎodiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎodiào
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-tiao⁴
    • Yale: lǎu-dyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laodiaw
    • Palladius: лаодяо (laodjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tjɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎodiàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄧㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎodiàor
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-tiaorh⁴
    • Yale: lǎu-dyàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laodiawl
    • Palladius: лаодяор (laodjaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tjaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ diu⁶
    • Yale: lóuh diuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ diu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ diu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ tiːu̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-tiāu
    • Tâi-lô: láu-tiāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: law'diau
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiau⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-tiāu
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-tiāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxdiau
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ tiau²²/

Noun

老調

1. platitude; cliché; hackneyed saying
2. (opera) laodiao (local opera of Hebei Province)

Synonyms

• (platitude): 濫調／滥调 (làndiào)

Derived terms

老調重彈／老调重弹 (lǎodiàochóngtán)