揭老底

Chinese

		lift off (a cover); divulge	one's past; one's personal background
trad. (揭老底)		揭	老底
simp. #(揭老底)		揭	老底

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiē lǎodǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝ ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kit³ lou⁵ dai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiē lǎodǐ [Phonetic: jiēláodǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝ ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jie lǎodǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chieh¹ lao³-ti³
    • Yale: jyē lǎu-dǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jie laodii
    • Palladius: цзе лаоди (cze laodi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiēlǎodǐr [Phonetic: jiēláodǐr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝ ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄧˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jielǎodǐr
    • Wade–Giles: chieh¹-lao³-ti³-ʼrh
    • Yale: jyē-lǎu-dǐr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jielaodieel
    • Palladius: цзелаодир (czelaodir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tiə̯ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kit³ lou⁵ dai²
    • Yale: kit lóuh dái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kit⁸ lou⁵ dai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kid³ lou⁵ dei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³ lou̯¹³ tɐi̯³⁵/

Verb

揭⫽老底 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to dig up the (ugly) past; to reveal the inside story

See also

• 起底 (qǐdǐ)