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Chinese
old; aged; venerable
old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
background; bottom; base
background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)
trad. (老底
老
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simp. # (老底
老
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Pronunciation 1
Noun 老底
( colloquial ) unsavoury ) past ; one's personal background ( colloquial ) ancestral estate ( obsolete , colloquial , non-face-to-face) father
Derived terms
Pronunciation 2
Noun 老底
( Longyan Min ) past times ; former times
Synonyms 以往 ( yǐwǎng ) 前時 / 前时 ( qiánshí ) ( literary ) 原來 / 原来 ( yuánlái ) 向時 / 向时 ( xiàngshí ) 向時仔 / 向时仔 ( Zhangzhou Hokkien ) 夙昔 ( sùxī ) ( literary ) 已往 ( yǐwǎng ) 平昔 ( píngxī ) ( literary ) 往前 ( wǎngqián ) 往常 ( wǎngcháng ) 往常時 / 往常时 ( Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien ) 往日 ( wǎngrì ) ( literary ) 往日仔 ( Zhangzhou Hokkien ) 往昔 ( wǎngxī ) ( literary ) 往時 / 往时 ( wǎngshí ) 往時仔 / 往时仔 ( Min Nan ) 往當時 / 往当时 ( Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien ) 從前 / 从前 ( cóngqián ) 既往 ( jìwǎng ) 日前 ( rìqián ) ( literary ) 日者 ( rìzhě ) ( literary ) 早日 ( zǎorì ) 昔年 ( xīnián ) ( literary ) 昔日 ( xīrì ) ( literary ) 昔者 ( xīzhě ) ( literary ) 曩昔 ( nǎngxī ) ( literary ) 異日 / 异日 ( yìrì ) ( literary ) 當年 / 当年 疇昔 / 畴昔 ( chóuxī ) ( literary ) 素日 ( sùrì ) ( literary ) 老底子 ( lǎodǐzi ) ( dialectal ) 舊𫢗時 / 旧𫢗时 ( gu7 diang1 si5 ) ( Teochew ) 舊底 / 旧底 ( gau6 dai2 ) ( Cantonese, Min Nan ) 舊時 / 旧时 ( jiùshí ) 舊陣時 / 旧阵时 ( Cantonese ) 過去 / 过去 ( guòqù ) 過往 / 过往 ( guòwǎng ) 上早 ( Hakka ) 以前 ( yǐqián ) 以早 ( ī-cā ) ( Eastern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien ) 先前 ( xiānqián ) 先行 ( xiānxíng ) ( literary ) 其先 ( qíxiān ) ( literary ) 前仔 ( Tainan Hokkien ) 前往 ( qiánwǎng ) ( literary ) 原在 ( Hakka ) 古者 ( gǔzhě ) ( archaic ) 向來 / 向来 ( xiànglái ) ( archaic ) 嘗 / 尝 ( cháng ) ( literary, or used in compounds ) 在前 ( zàiqián ) 家先 ( Hakka ) 往擺 / 往摆 ( Hakka, Hokkien ) 往擺仔 / 往摆仔 ( Hokkien ) 往者 ( wǎngzhě ) ( literary ) 往過 / 往过 ( Hokkien ) 往過仔 / 往过仔 ( Hokkien ) 從前 / 从前 ( cóngqián ) 早先 ( zǎoxiān ) 早年所 ( Hokkien ) 早時 / 早时 ( Hokkien ) 昔日 ( xīrì ) ( literary ) 昔時 / 昔时 ( xīshí ) ( literary ) 曾 曾經 / 曾经 ( céngjīng ) 當初 / 当初 ( dāngchū ) 舊擺 / 旧摆 ( Singapore Hokkien ) 舊早 / 旧早 ( Singapore Hokkien ) 過前 / 过前 ( Hainanese )