老土

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
trad. (老土)		老	土
simp. #(老土)		老	土

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎotǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ tou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎotǔ [Phonetic: láotǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎotǔ
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-tʻu³
    • Yale: lǎu-tǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotuu
    • Palladius: лаоту (laotu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ tou²
    • Yale: lóuh tóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ tou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ tou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ tʰou̯³⁵/

Adjective

老土

1. (slang) old-fashioned; old-school; dowdy; corny

Synonyms

• 老套 (lǎotào)
• 老套子 (lǎotàozi)
• 老一套 (lǎoyītào)

Noun

老土

1. (slang) old-fashioned person; hick