Chinese symbol for “stranger”
陌生人
mò shēng rén
stranger
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stranger is 陌生人 (mò shēng rén), defined as: stranger.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “stranger”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 生人 | shēng rén | stranger; living person |
| 外地人 | wài dì rén | stranger; outsider |
| 外乡人 (外鄉人) | wài xiāng rén | a stranger; out-of-towner |
| 异乡人 (異鄉人) | yì xiāng rén | stranger |
| 外人 | wài rén | outsider; foreigner |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 陌生人.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 陌生 | mò shēng | strange; unfamiliar |
| 陌路 | mò lù | (literary) stranger; person with whom one has no personal connection |
| 形同陌路 | xíng tóng mò lù | to be estranged |
| 柳陌花衢 | liǔ mò huā qú | brothel |
| 田陌 | tián mò | path between fields; fields |
| 发生 (發生) | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises") |
| 生活 | shēng huó | to live; life |
| 学生 (學生) | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stranger”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.