生疏

shēngshū ㄕㄥ ㄕㄨ

    • unfamiliar
    • strange
    • out of practice
    • not accustomed

Character by character

Synonyms and antonyms

unfamiliar; strange

Synonyms 近义词

  • 陌生 mòshēng
    • 陌生城市 an unfamiliar city
    • 并不陌生 not unfamiliar
  • 疏远 shūyuǎn
    • 疏远友人 grow distant from friends
    • 刻意疏远 deliberately keep one's distance

Antonyms 反义词

  • 熟悉 shúxī
    • 熟悉流程 to be familiar with the procedure
    • 尽快熟悉 to get familiar quickly
  • 亲密 qīnmì
    • 亲密无间 extremely close
    • 关系亲密 a close relationship

Telling them apart

生疏 can mean unfamiliar, rusty from lack of practice, or distant in relationship, so it has a wide range. 陌生 only means unfamiliar and is mostly used of people or places; it can't mean rusty.

out of practice

Antonyms 反义词

  • 熟练 shúliàn
    • 熟练使用 to use skillfully
    • 熟练技术 skilled technique

Other words read shēngshū

shengshu with other tones

  • 盛暑 shèngshǔ height of summer

Near homophones of shengshu

  • 申述 shēnshù state
  • 胜诉 shèngsù win a court case
  • 参薯 shēnshǔ Dioscorea alata

Other words read shēngshū

shengshu with other tones

  • 盛暑 shèngshǔ height of summer

Near homophones of shengshu

  • 申述 shēnshù state
  • 勝訴 shèngsù win a court case
  • 參薯 shēnshǔ Dioscorea alata

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