生疏

生疏 shēngshū in a sentence

Unfamiliar (strange - out of practice)

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

生疏 (shēngshū) means Unfamiliar (strange - out of practice). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

好久不练,手都 生疏 了。

Hǎojiǔ bú liàn, shǒu dōu shēngshū le.

Out of practice for so long, his hand has grown rusty.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 生疏

多年不见,两人有些 生疏 。

Duō nián bú jiàn, liǎng rén yǒuxiē shēngshū.

After years apart the two felt a little distant.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 生疏

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How is 生疏 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 生疏 (shēngshū, "Unfamiliar (strange - out of practice)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

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Is 生疏 an HSK word?

Yes — 生疏 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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