陌生人

Chinese

		unfamiliar; strange; unknown unfamiliar; strange; unknown; foreign	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (陌生人)		陌生	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mòshēngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄕㄥ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ sang¹ jan⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): mig⁸ cên¹ nang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mòshēngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄕㄥ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mòshengrén
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴-shêng¹-jên²
    • Yale: mwò-shēng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohshengren
    • Palladius: мошэнжэнь (mošɛnžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mak⁶ sang¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: mahk sāng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ sang¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ seng¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² sɐŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mig⁸ cên¹ nang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mi̍k tsheⁿ nâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mik̚⁴⁻² t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ naŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

陌生人

1. stranger

Synonyms

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• 外人 (wàirén)
• 生人 (shēngrén)
• 生份人 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 生保人 (Cantonese)
• 生頭人 / 生头人 (Ningbonese)
• 過路人 / 过路人 (guòlùrén) (figurative)
• 陌路 (mòlù) (literary)