# 素不相识 (sùbùxiāngshí)

In Mandarin Chinese, 素不相识 (sùbùxiāngshí) means “to be total strangers”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to be total strangers
- Pinyin: sùbùxiāngshí (su4 bu4 xiang1 shi2)
- Traditional: 素不相識
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 虽然素不相识，他们却互相帮助。
  Suīrán sùbùxiāngshí, tāmen què hùxiāng bāngzhù.
  Although total strangers, they helped each other.

## Characters

- [素](https://hanziro.com/word/su-plain/) (sù): plain; vegetarian
- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no
- 相 (xiàng): appearance; portrait
- [识](https://hanziro.com/word/shi-know/) (shí): to know; to recognize

https://hanziro.com/word/su-bu-xiang-shi-be-total-strangers/

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