素不相识素不相識 sù bù xiāng shí — to be total strangers (idiom)
sù (fourth tone, falling) bù (fourth tone, falling) xiāng (first tone, high and level) shí (second tone, rising)su4 bu4 xiang1 shi2
Traditional: 素不相識
to be total strangers (idiom)
Levels 7–9· 2021 three-band, nine-level proficiency standardverb
Meanings
to be total strangers (idiom)
to be total strangers (idiom)
verb
Character breakdown
Words containing 不
- 不bù (fourth tone, falling)not (negates verbs, adjectives and modal verbs)
- 不要bù (fourth tone, falling) yào (fourth tone, falling)don't!
- 不错不錯bù (fourth tone, falling) cuò (fourth tone, falling)correct
- 不同bù (fourth tone, falling) tóng (second tone, rising)different
- 不断不斷búduàn (second tone, rising)continuously, unceasingly
- 不过不過búguò (second tone, rising)but, however (a lighter contrast than 但是)
- 不如bùrú (fourth tone, falling)to be not as good as; had better
- 不再bù (fourth tone, falling) zài (fourth tone, falling)no more
- 不用bù (fourth tone, falling) yòng (fourth tone, falling)need not
- 不少bù (fourth tone, falling) shǎo (third tone, dipping)many
- 不但búdàn (second tone, rising)not only … (but also)
- 差不多chàbuduō (fourth tone, falling)about the same, close enough, not much different
- 不然bùrán (fourth tone, falling)otherwise, or else
- 不管bùguǎn (fourth tone, falling)no matter (what/how…), regardless of
- 不足bùzú (fourth tone, falling)insufficient, inadequate; a shortcoming
- 不够不夠bù (fourth tone, falling) gòu (fourth tone, falling)not enough
- 不行bù (fourth tone, falling) xíng (second tone, rising)won't do
- 不仅不僅bù (fourth tone, falling) jǐn (third tone, dipping)not only (this one)
Words containing 识
- 认识認識rènshi (fourth tone, falling)to know, to be acquainted with (a person)
- 意识意識yì (fourth tone, falling) shí (second tone, rising)consciousness
- 知识知識zhī (first tone, high and level) shi (neutral tone)intellectual
- 见识見識jiàn (fourth tone, falling) shi (neutral tone)to gain first-hand knowledge of sth
- 识别識別shí (second tone, rising) bié (second tone, rising)to distinguish
- 共识共識gòng (fourth tone, falling) shí (second tone, rising)common understanding
- 识識shí (second tone, rising)to know
- 相识相識xiāng (first tone, high and level) shí (second tone, rising)to get to know each other
- 常识常識cháng (second tone, rising) shí (second tone, rising)common sense
- 结识結識jié (second tone, rising) shí (second tone, rising)to get to know sb
- 识字識字shí (second tone, rising) zì (fourth tone, falling)to learn to read
- 知识分子知識分子zhī (first tone, high and level) shi (neutral tone) fèn (fourth tone, falling) zǐ (third tone, dipping)intellectual
- 下意识下意識xià (fourth tone, falling) yì (fourth tone, falling) shí (second tone, rising)subconscious mind
- 似曾相识似曾相識sì (fourth tone, falling) céng (second tone, rising) xiāng (first tone, high and level) shí (second tone, rising)déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time)
- 见多识广見多識廣jiàn (fourth tone, falling) duō (first tone, high and level) shí (second tone, rising) guǎng (third tone, dipping)experienced and knowledgeable (idiom)