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 ㄕㄥㄕㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ dei⁶ saang¹ so¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: réndìshēngshū
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄕㄥㄕㄨ
  - 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

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

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