人生地不熟

Chinese

		man; person; people	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	not; no	familiar; skilled; ripe familiar; skilled; ripe; done; cooked
trad. (人生地不熟)		人	生	地	不	熟
simp. #(人生地不熟)		人	生	地	不	熟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénshēngdìbùshú, rénshēngdìbùshóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄨˊ, ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ saang¹ dei⁶ bat¹ suk⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): nang⁵ cên¹ di⁷ bug⁴ sêg⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, literary; standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénshēngdìbùshú
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénshengdìbùshú
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-shêng¹-ti⁴-pu⁴-shu²
    • Yale: rén-shēng-dì-bù-shú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshengdihbushwu
    • Palladius: жэньшэндибушу (žɛnʹšɛndibušu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʂu³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial; standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénshēngdìbùshóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénshengdìbùshóu
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-shêng¹-ti⁴-pu⁴-shou²
    • Yale: rén-shēng-dì-bù-shóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshengdihbushour
    • Palladius: жэньшэндибушоу (žɛnʹšɛndibušou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ saang¹ dei⁶ bat¹ suk⁶
    • Yale: yàhn sāang deih bāt suhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ saang¹ dei⁶ bat⁷ suk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ sang¹ déi⁶ bed¹ sug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ saːŋ⁵⁵ tei̯²² pɐt̚⁵ sʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nang⁵ cên¹ di⁷ bug⁴ sêg⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nâng tsheⁿ tī puk se̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ ti¹¹ puk̚²⁻⁴ sek̚⁴/

Idiom

人生地不熟

1. to be unfamiliar with the place and the people; to be a stranger in a strange place

Synonyms

• 人地生疏 (réndìshēngshū)
• 人生路不熟 (rénshēnglùbùshú)