無所適從

Chinese

		not have	actually; place; (nominalization prefix)	to follow
trad. (無所適從)		無	所	適從
simp. (无所适从)		无	所	适从

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúsuǒshìcóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄕˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ so² sik¹ cung⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bû-só͘-sek-chiông / bô-só͘-sek-chiông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúsuǒshìcóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄕˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúsuǒshìhcóng
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-so³-shih⁴-tsʻung²
    • Yale: wú-swǒ-shr̀-tsúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wusuooshyhtsorng
    • Palladius: усошицун (usošicun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ so² sik¹ cung⁴
    • Yale: mòuh só sīk chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ so² sik⁷ tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ so² xig¹ cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ sɔː³⁵ sɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-só͘-sek-chiông
    • Tâi-lô: bû-sóo-sik-tsiông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: busofsekcioong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-só͘-sek-chiông
    • Tâi-lô: bô-sóo-sik-tsiông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boisofsekcioong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ²⁴/

Idiom

無所適從

1. to not know what course to take; to be at a loss of what to do