Chinese word dictionary

怕生

pà shēng · fear of strangers; to be afraid of strangers (of small children)

Word information

Simplified怕生
Traditional怕生
Pinyinpà shēng
Part of speechDictionary
HSK 3.0Not listed
HSK 2.0Not listed

How to learn 怕生

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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