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

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 (Zhangzhou): /biɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɪk̚⁴⁻³² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mig⁸ cên¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mi̍k tsheⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mik̚⁴⁻² t͡sʰẽ³³/

Adjective

陌生

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)

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