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Meaning of 新
Pinyin
xīn
Radical
斤
Strokes
13
Definition
meso- (chem.) / new / newly
Usage
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新 [xīn]
1. New; just experienced; initial; unused; in contrast to "old".
刚有的，刚经验到的；初始的，没有用过的，与“旧”、“老”相对。
2. Improved quality, in contrast to "old".
性质改变得更好，与“旧”相对。
3. Recently; just now.
不久以前，刚才。
4. Indicates a state and quality different from the old.
表示一种有异于旧质的状态和性质。
5. Refers to a person or thing at the time of marriage.
称结婚时的人或物。
6. The abbreviation for the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China.
中国新疆维吾尔自治区的简称。
7. Surname.
姓。
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新 [xīn]
1. To fell (trees).
砍伐树木 ([En.] fell (trees))
2. To renew; make new.
更新，使之新 ([En.] renew;make new)
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新 [xīn]
1. First appearance; in contrast to "old".
初次出现。与“旧”相对 ([En.] new)
2. Clean; fresh; new.
新洁;新鲜;清新 ([En.] fresh)
3. Beginning; original.
开始的 ([En.] original;beginning)
4. New-married; recently married.
结婚或结婚不久 ([En.] new-married)
5. Unused.
没有用过的 ([En.] new)
6. Recently; just now.
新近;刚刚 ([En.] newly;recently)
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新 [xīn]
1. Refers to recently harvested grain or vegetables.
指刚收获的粮食或蔬菜等 ([En.] the grain or vegetable harvested recently)
2. Name of a dynasty (Xin Dynasty).
朝代名 ([En.] Xin Dynasty)。汉王莽初封新都侯，初始元年(公元八年)代汉称帝，国号新，建都长安(今陕西西安)。更始元年(公元23年)为绿林农民起义军所灭
3. Firewood; later written as "薪".
柴薪。后作“薪” ([En.] firewood)
4. New people or things.
新的人或事物 ([En.] new; new people or things)
5. Surname.
姓
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lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new
lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old
to renovate / to refurbish / to refresh (computer window) / to write a new page (in history) / to break (a record)
replace old cadres with younger ones / supersession of the old by the new / succession of the new to the old
cutting-edge (in technology, science, fashion, the arts etc) / novel and competitive / new and dashing
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Input Method for 新
Pinyin
xin1
Wubi
usrh
Cangjie
ydhml
Zhengma
sufp
Four Corner
02921
Unicode
U+65b0
Stroke Number Category
HSK Level Category