陌生 (mòshēng) means Unfamiliar (strange). Below are 8 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
这个地方对我很 陌生 。
Zhège dìfang duì wǒ hěn mòshēng.
This place is unfamiliar to me.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 陌生
他对 陌生 人一直有戒备。
Tā duì mòshēngrén yìzhí yǒu jièbèi.
He is always on his guard with strangers.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 戒备
对 陌生 来电要保持警惕。
Duì mòshēng láidiàn yào bǎochí jǐngtì.
Stay alert to calls from unknown numbers.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 警惕
接到 陌生 电话要小心诈骗。
Jiēdào mòshēng diànhuà yào xiǎoxīn zhàpiàn.
Be wary of fraud when you get a call from an unknown number.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 诈骗
老人打量着这个 陌生 的年轻人。
Lǎorén dǎliangzhe zhège mòshēng de niánqīngrén.
The old man sized up this unfamiliar young fellow.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 打量
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From the graded readers
我站在那里，觉得又熟悉又 陌生 。
wǒ zhàn zài nàli, juéde yòu shúxī yòu mòshēng.
I stood there feeling that it was both familiar and strange.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
去年冬天，我在一个 陌生 的城市迷路了。
qùnián dōngtiān, wǒ zài yīgè mòshēng de / dì chéngshì mílù le / liǎo / liào.
Last winter I got lost in a city I didn't know.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
Questions about 陌生
How is 陌生 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 陌生 (mòshēng, "Unfamiliar (strange)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 陌生 an HSK word?
Yes — 陌生 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 陌生?
The dictionary page for 陌生 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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