人地生疏

Chinese

		man; person; people	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	not familiar; out of practice; rusty
simp. and trad. (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)⁺
  - Pinyin: réndìshēngshū
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄕㄥㄕㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rendihshengshu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ti⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ dei⁶ saang¹ so¹
  - Yale: yàhn deih sāang sō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ dei⁶ saang¹ so¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ déi⁶ sang¹ so¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ tei̯²² säːŋ⁵⁵ sɔː⁵⁵/

Idiom

人地生疏

to be unfamiliar with the place and the people; to be a complete stranger

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 人頭生／人头生

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