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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùfúshuǐtǔ [Phonetic: bùfúshuítǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄊㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bufwushoeituu
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ fu³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ fuk⁶ seoi² tou²
  - Yale: bāt fuhk séui tóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ fuk⁹ soey² tou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ fug⁶ sêu² tou²
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ fʊk̚² sɵy̯³⁵ tʰou̯³⁵/

Idiom

不服水土

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

Synonyms

水土不服 (shuǐtǔbùfú)

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