老掉牙

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	to drop; to fall	tooth; ivory
trad. (老掉牙)		老	掉	牙
simp. ^#(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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎodiàoyá
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄧㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎodiàoyá
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-tiao⁴-ya²
  - Yale: lǎu-dyàu-yá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laodiawya
  - Palladius: лаодяоя (laodjaoja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ jä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ diu⁶ ngaa⁴
  - Yale: lóuh diuh ngàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ diu⁶ ngaa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ diu⁶ nga⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ tiːu̯²² ŋaː²¹/

Adjective

老掉牙

(idiomatic) old; old-fashioned; stale; clichéd
老掉牙的故事 ― lǎodiàoyá de gùshì ― cliché story

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