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陌生

mòshēng
adjective HSK 7-9 #4,385

Meanings

  1. 1 unfamiliar
  2. 2 strange
  3. 3 unknown

Characters

陌
mò
path between fields; unfamiliar
生
shēng
raw; unacquainted

Examples

这个城市对我来说很陌生。
Zhège chéngshì duì wǒlái shuō hěn mòshēng.
This city is very unfamiliar to me.
不要和陌生人说话。
Bùyào hé mòshēngrén shuōhuà.
Don't talk to strangers.

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

Related Words

陌生人 mòshēngrén #2,725
stranger / unknown person
生死 shēngsǐ HSK 7-9 #4,657
life and death / life-and-death
亲生 qīnshēng HSK 7-9 #4,667
biological (parent/child) / one's own (child/parent)
生涯 shēngyá HSK 7-9 #3,652
career / life (as a period of activity)
天生 tiānshēng HSK 7-9 #2,941
innate / natural-born / born with
生物 shēngwù HSK 7-9 #2,033
living thing / organism / biology
生理 shēnglǐ HSK 7-9 #5,993
physiology / physiological
新生 xīnshēng HSK 7-9 #6,438
new student / freshman / new life / rebirth
谋生 móushēng HSK 7-9 #8,786
to make a living / to earn a livelihood
终生 zhōngshēng HSK 7-9 #7,121
lifelong / throughout one's life / lifetime
陌生 mòshēng
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