生疏

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	negligent; sparse; thin
trad. (生疏)		生	疏
simp. ^#(生疏)		生	疏

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngshū

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄕㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ so¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâng-sô
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiⁿ-so͘ / chheⁿ-so͘ / sng-so͘ / seng-so͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngshū
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄕㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengshu
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-shu¹
  - Yale: shēng-shū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengshu
  - Palladius: шэншу (šɛnšu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saang¹ so¹
  - Yale: sāang sō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ so¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ so¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ sɔː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâng-sô
  - Hakka Romanization System: sang´ so´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sang¹ so¹
  - Sinological IPA: /saŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ so²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-so͘
  - Tâi-lô: tshinn-soo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chvisof
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² sɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰĩ³³ sɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-so͘
  - Tâi-lô: tshenn-soo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhvesof
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² sɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-so͘
  - Tâi-lô: sng-soo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sngsof
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ sɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-so͘
  - Tâi-lô: sing-soo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sengsof
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɔ⁴⁴/

Adjective

生疏

Synonyms

(not familiar): 陌生 (mòshēng)
(out of practice): 手生 (shǒushēng)
(estranged): 疏遠／疏远 (shūyuǎn)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “out of practice”): 純熟／纯熟 (chúnshú)

Derived terms

人地生疏 (réndìshēngshū)

Related terms

荒疏 (huāngshū)

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