生疏
saang1 so1sang1 so1shēng shū
English
- unfamiliar
- rusty; out of practice
- strange
- (of relationships) not as close as before
- out of practice
- not accustomed
粵語 — Cantonese
- 冇習慣使用某種技能,缺乏練習,以致唔夠熟練
- 關係冇咁親近、親密;見外
Examples
咁耐冇打波,啲技術已經生疏晒。
Having not played any ball games for such a long time, my skills has become rusty. ----
我哋咁耐冇見,難免會有啲生疏。
We haven't seen each other for so long, it's inevitable that we are not as close as before.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk