人地生疏

Chinese

		local people and conditions; social status of one's family	not familiar; out of practice; rusty
trad. (人地生疏)		人地	生疏
simp. #(人地生疏)		人地	生疏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): réndìshēngshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄕㄥ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ dei⁶ saang¹ so¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: réndìshēngshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄕㄥ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: réndìshengshu
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-ti⁴-shêng¹-shu¹
    • Yale: rén-dì-shēng-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rendihshengshu
    • Palladius: жэньдишэншу (žɛnʹdišɛnšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ti⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ dei⁶ saang¹ so¹
    • Yale: yàhn deih sāang sō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ dei⁶ saang¹ so¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ déi⁶ sang¹ so¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ tei̯²² saːŋ⁵⁵ sɔː⁵⁵/

Idiom

人地生疏

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

Synonyms

• 人生路不熟 (rénshēnglùbùshú)
• 人生地不熟 (rénshēngdìbùshú)
• (Hokkien) 人頭生／人头生