DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT
素昧平生
Mandarin · pinyin sù mèi píng shēng
Meanings
- (idiom) to have never met sb before; entirely unacquainted
Characters in this entry
Explore the spelling
Mandarin tones
4–4–2–1 · su4 mei4 ping2 sheng1
Compare attested words with these syllables ↗Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.
Connected dictionary
4character links
Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
sou3 mui6 ping4 sang1
Cantonese word readings for 素昧平生. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack
sou3 mui6 ping4 sang1
Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.
Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
phrase
- (idiomatic) to be strangers to each other; to have never met before
Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack