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): ㄐㄧㄝㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kit³ lou⁵ dai²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiē lǎodǐ [Phonetic: jiēláodǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝㄌㄠˇ 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): /t͡ɕjɛ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiēlǎodǐr [Phonetic: jiēláodǐr]
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄧˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jielǎodǐr
  - Wade–Giles: chieh¹-lao³-tirh³
  - Yale: jyē-lǎu-dǐr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jielaodieel
  - Palladius: цзелаодир (czelaodir)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɛ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tiə̯ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - 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)

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

See also

起底 (qǐdǐ)

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