| 生涩 |
shēng sè |
unripe / tart / not fully proficient / somewhat shaky |
| 生 |
shēng |
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽) |
| 涩 |
sè |
astringent / tart / acerbity / unsmooth / rough (surface) / hard to understand / obscure |
| 涩 |
sè |
old variant of 涩 |