陌生

mò shēng
HSK 5
strange, unfamiliar
adjective

Example Sentences

这个地方对我来说很陌生。
zhègè dìfāng duì wǒ láishuō hěn mòshēng 。
This place is very unfamiliar to me.
他是一个陌生的朋友。
tāshì yígè mòshēng de péngyǒu 。
He is a strange friend.
我在陌生的城市里迷路了。
wǒzài mòshēng de chéngshì lǐ mílù le 。
I got lost in a strange city.

Individual Characters

陌mò
raised path, street
生shēng
unripe, green, living, raw

Words with similar meanings

不熟悉bùshúxī
unfamiliar
This is more commonly used in casual conversation to describe something not known well.
生疏shēngshū
alien
This term can imply a sense of having once been familiar but now feels odd or out of place.

Words Ending With 生

医生yī shēng
"doctor
出生chū shēng
to be born
发生fā shēng
to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
研究生yán jiū shēng
graduate student; postgraduate student; research student
产生chǎn shēng
to arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate; to appear; appearance; emergence; generation; production; yield

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