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

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

to rigidly adhere to old methods or styles without being flexible

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 唔化 (m⁴ faa³)

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