# 陌生 (mòshēng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 陌生 (mòshēng) means “strange; unfamiliar”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: strange; unfamiliar
- Pinyin: mòshēng (mo4 sheng1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 我对这座城市感到很陌生。
  Wǒ duì zhè zuò chéngshì gǎndào hěn mòshēng.
  I feel unfamiliar with this city.

## Characters

- 陌 (mò): raised path; street
- [生](https://hanziro.com/word/sheng-be-born/) (shēng): to be born; raw

https://hanziro.com/word/mo-sheng-strange/

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