陌生

mòshēng

adjective HSK 7-9 #4,385

Meanings

1 unfamiliar
2 strange
3 unknown

Characters

path between fields; unfamiliar

raw; unacquainted

Examples

HSK 2

不要和陌生人说话。

Bùyào hé mòshēngrén shuōhuà.

Don't talk to strangers.

HSK 3

这个城市对我来说很陌生。

Zhège chéngshì duì wǒ láishuō hěn mòshēng.

This city is very unfamiliar to me.

Tips

usage

陌生人 (stranger) is one of the most common collocations. The opposite is 熟悉 (familiar).

Stroke Order

陌 mò

生 shēng