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生疏 (shēng shū): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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生疏 (shēng shū): Not familiar (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

生疏 consists of 2 characters.

to be born; to give birth; life; to grow

to dredge, to clear away, sparse

How to Use 生疏 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 生疏 with other words naturally.

Verb + Complement

biàn变

de得

shēng生

shū疏

neutral

become estranged

gǎn感

dào到

shēng生

shū疏

neutral

feel unfamiliar

Subject + Verbwith关系

guān关

xi系

shēng生

shū疏

Adjective + Nounwith业务

yè业

wù务

shēng生

shū疏

Example Sentences with 生疏

zhè这

ge个

yóu游

xì戏

wǒ我

hěn很

jiǔ久

neutral

distant relationship

formal

Written

unfamiliar with the business

méi

没

wán玩

，

yǒu有

diǎn点

shēng生

shū疏

le了

。

I haven't played this game for a long time, so I'm a bit rusty.

duō多

nián年

méi没

huí回

gù故

xiāng乡

，

wǒ我

duì对

nà那

lǐ里

de的

jiē街

dào道

yǐ已

jīng经

yǒu有

xiē些

shēng生

shū疏

le了

。

I haven't returned to my hometown for many years, so I've become somewhat unfamiliar with the streets there.

tā他

duì对

zhè这

xiē些

fù复

zá杂

de的

cāo操

zuò作

liú流

chéng程

gǎn感

dào到

shí十

fēn分

shēng生

shū疏

，

xū需

yào要

chóng重

xīn新

péi培

xùn训

。

He feels quite unfamiliar with these complex operational procedures and needs retraining.

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nǐ你

duì对

zhè这

ge个

xīn新

ruǎn软

jiàn件

de的

shǐ使

yòng用

fāng方

fǎ法

shì是

bu不

shì是

yǒu有

diǎn点

shēng生

shū疏

le了

？

Are you feeling a bit unfamiliar with how to use this new software?

bān搬

dào到

xīn新

chéng城

shì市

hòu后

，

wǒ我

duì对

zhè

suī虽

rán然

xué学

guò过

fǎ法

yǔ语

，

dàn但

duō多

nián

tā他

bìng并

bù不

shēng生

shū疏

yú于

zhè这

zhǒng种

shè社

yóu由

yú于

duō多

nián年

méi没

yǒu有

liàn练

xí习

，

tā

hǎo好

jiǔ久

méi没

xià下

chú厨

，

lián连

qiè切

cài菜

de

这

lǐ里

de的

lù路

hái还

hěn很

shēng生

shū疏

。

After moving to the new city, I'm still unfamiliar with the roads here.

年

bú不

yòng用

，

yǔ语

fǎ法

zǎo早

yǐ已

biàn变

de得

shēng生

shū疏

bù不

kān堪

。

Although I learned French, after years of disuse, the grammar has long become extremely rusty.

jiāo交

chǎng场

hé合

，

zhǐ只

shì是

jīn今

tiān天

zhuàng状

tài态

bù不

jiā佳

。

He is not unfamiliar with this kind of social situation; he's just not in good form today.

他

de的

yīng英

yǔ语

kǒu口

yǔ语

yǐ已

jīng经

biàn变

dé得

xiāng相

dāng当

shēng生

shū疏

。

Due to not practicing for many years, his spoken English has become quite rusty.

的

shǒu手

fǎ法

dōu都

xiǎn显

de得

yǒu有

xiē些

shēng生

shū疏

le了

。

It's been a long time since I cooked, and even my knife skills seem a bit rusty.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 生疏.

Words with 生

先生xiān shengHSK 1
医生yī shengHSK 1
学生xué shengHSK 1
生日shēng rìHSK 2
生病shēng bìngHSK 2
生气shēng qìHSK 3
出生chū shēngHSK 4
发生fā shēngHSK 4

Words with 疏

疏导shū dǎo
疏忽shū hu
疏散shū sàn
疏远shū yuǎn
疏通shū tōng