人生路不熟

Chinese

		man; person; people	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	road; path; way	not; no	familiar; skilled; ripe familiar; skilled; ripe; done; cooked
simp. and trad. (人生路不熟)		人	生	路	不	熟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénshēnglùbùshú, rénshēnglùbùshóu

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

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ saang¹ lou⁶ bat¹ suk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, literary; standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénshēnglùbùshú
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥ ㄌㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénshenglùbùshú
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-shêng¹-lu⁴-pu⁴-shu²
    • Yale: rén-shēng-lù-bù-shú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshengluhbushwu
    • Palladius: жэньшэнлубушу (žɛnʹšɛnlubušu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʂu³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial; standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénshēnglùbùshóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥ ㄌㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénshenglùbùshóu
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-shêng¹-lu⁴-pu⁴-shou²
    • Yale: rén-shēng-lù-bù-shóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshengluhbushour
    • Palladius: жэньшэнлубушоу (žɛnʹšɛnlubušou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ saang¹ lou⁶ bat¹ suk⁶
    • Yale: yàhn sāang louh bāt suhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ saang¹ lou⁶ bat⁷ suk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ sang¹ lou⁶ bed¹ sug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ saːŋ⁵⁵ lou̯²² pɐt̚⁵ sʊk̚²/

Idiom

人生路不熟

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

Synonyms

• 人地生疏 (réndìshēngshū)
• 人生地不熟 (rénshēngdìbùshú)