陌生

Chinese

		raised path; street	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (陌生)		陌	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mòshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ sang¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bia̍k-sng / be̍k-seng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mig⁸ cên¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mòshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mòsheng
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴-shêng¹
    • Yale: mwò-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohsheng
    • Palladius: мошэн (mošɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mak⁶ sang¹
    • Yale: mahk sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bia̍k-sng
    • Tâi-lô: bia̍k-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biagsngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biak̚²⁴⁻² sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍k-seng
    • Tâi-lô: bi̍k-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: begsefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪk̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mig⁸ cên¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mi̍k tsheⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mik̚⁴⁻² t͡sʰẽ³³/

Adjective

陌生

1. unfamiliar; strange; unknown; foreign

   一個陌生的地方／一个陌生的地方  ―  yīge mòshēng de dìfāng  ―  an unfamiliar place

   一個陌生女人的來信 [MSC, trad.]
   一个陌生女人的来信 [MSC, simp.]

   yīge mòshēng nǚrén de láixìn [Pinyin]

   a letter from an unknown woman

Synonyms

• 生疏 (shēngshū)
• (Cantonese) 生保
• (Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew) 生分

Derived terms

• 陌生人 (mòshēngrén)
• 陌生客

 

See also

• 陌路 (mòlù)