"Acquaintance" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 相识 | xiāng shí | to get to know each other / acquaintance |   |
| 熟人 | shú rén | acquaintance / friend | |
| 旧识 | jiù shí | former acquaintance / old friend | |
| 故交 | gù jiāo | former acquaintance / old friend | |
| 一面之交 | yī miàn zhī jiāo | to have met once / casual acquaintance | |
| 泛泛之交 | fàn fàn zhī jiāo | nodding acquaintance / slight familiarity | |
| 略知皮毛 | lu:è zhī pí máo | slight knowledge of sth / superficial acquaintance with a subject / a smattering | |
| 一日之雅 | yī rì zhī yǎ | lit. friends for a day (idiom) / fig. casual acquaintance | |
| 点头之交 | diǎn tóu zhī jiāo | nodding acquaintance | |
| 旧交 | jiù jiāo | old friend / former acquaintance | |
| 大凡粗知 | dà fán cū zhī | a rough acquaintance with sth | |
| 旧故 | jiù gù | old friend / former acquaintance | |
| 旧知 | jiù zhī | old acquaintance / former friend | |
| 颔首之交 | hàn shǒu zhī jiāo | nodding acquaintance | |
