水土不服

Chinese

		water and soil; natural environment; climate	to defy; to appeal; to refuse to accept to defy; to appeal; to refuse to accept; to not acknowledge defeat or inferiority
simp. and trad. (水土不服)		水土	不服

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐtǔbùfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄊㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): seoi² tou² bat¹ fuk⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sui² hu² but² fuuk⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐtǔbùfú [Phonetic: shuítǔbùfú]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄊㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěitǔbùfú
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-tʻu³-pu⁴-fu²
    • Yale: shwěi-tǔ-bù-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeituubufwu
    • Palladius: шуйтубуфу (šujtubufu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² tou² bat¹ fuk⁶
    • Yale: séui tóu bāt fuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² tou² bat⁷ fuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² tou² bed¹ fug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ tʰou̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ fʊk̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sui² hu² but² fuuk⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui⁵⁵ hu⁵⁵ put̚⁵⁵ fɵk̚³²/

Idiom

水土不服

1. to be unaccustomed to a new place; to not be acclimatised

Synonyms

• 不服水土 (bùfúshuǐtǔ)