食古不化

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	ancient; old	not; no	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
trad. (食古不化)		食	古	不	化
simp. #(食古不化)		食	古	不	化

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shígǔbùhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ gu² bat¹ faa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shígǔbùhuà [Phonetic: shígǔbúhuà]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhgǔbùhuà
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-ku³-pu⁴-hua⁴
    • Yale: shŕ-gǔ-bù-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrguubuhuah
    • Palladius: шигубухуа (šigubuxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ gu² bat¹ faa³
    • Yale: sihk gú bāt fa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ gu² bat⁷ faa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ gu² bed¹ fa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² kuː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ faː³³/

Idiom

食古不化

1. to rigidly adhere to old methods or styles without being flexible

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 唔化 (m⁴ faa³)