不服水土

Chinese

		to defy; to appeal; to refuse to accept to defy; to appeal; to refuse to accept; to not acknowledge defeat or inferiority	water and soil; natural environment; climate
simp. and trad. (不服水土)		不服	水土

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùfúshuǐtǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄊㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ fuk⁶ seoi² tou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùfúshuǐtǔ [Phonetic: bùfúshuítǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄊㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùfúshuěitǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-fu²-shui³-tʻu³
    • Yale: bù-fú-shwěi-tǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bufwushoeituu
    • Palladius: буфушуйту (bufušujtu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ fu³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ fuk⁶ seoi² tou²
    • Yale: bāt fuhk séui tóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ fuk⁹ soey² tou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ fug⁶ sêu² tou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ fʊk̚² sɵy̯³⁵ tʰou̯³⁵/

Idiom

不服水土

1. to not be accustomed to the local climate; to be not acclimatized (of an outsider)

Synonyms

• 水土不服 (shuǐtǔbùfú)