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 ㄕㄥㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄨˊ, ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ saang¹ dei⁶ bat¹ suk⁶
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): nang⁵ cên¹ di⁷ bug⁴ sêg⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, literary; standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rénshēngdìbùshú
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥㄉㄧˋ 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 ㄕㄥㄉㄧˋ 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

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)