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新
xīn
1. new
2. newly
3. meso- (chemistry)
HSK 2 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

新
xīn
new, recent, fresh, modern
HSK 2 13 丶

Compound Words (20)

全新
quánxīn
all new
出新
chūxīn
to make new advances
刷新
shuāxīn
to renovate
创新
chuàngxīn
innovation
HSK 6
大新
Dàxīn
Daxin county in Chongzuo [[崇左<Chóngzuǒ>]], Guangxi
奉新
Fèngxīn
Fengxin county in Yichun [[宜春]], Jiangxi
安新
Ānxīn
Anxin county in Baoding [[保定<Bǎodìng>]], Hebei
尖新
jiānxīn
fresh
崭新
zhǎnxīn
brand new
HSK 6
巴新
Bāxīn
abbr. for Papua New Guinea [[巴布亞新幾內亞|巴布亚新几内亚<BābùyàXīnJǐnèiyà>]]
换新
huànxīn
to replace with sth new
斩新
zhǎnxīn
variant of [[嶄新|崭新<zhǎnxīn>]]
新丁
xīndīng
new addition to a family (i.e. a birth)
新人
xīnrén
new age person
新任
xīnrèn
newly-appointed
新修
xīnxiū
revise
新兵
xīnbīng
new (army) recruit
新化
Xīnhuà
Xinhua county in Loudi [[婁底|娄底<Lóudǐ>]], Hunan
新北
Xīnběi
Xinbei district of Changzhou city [[常州市<Chángzhōushì>]], Jiangsu
新和
Xīnhé
Toqsu nahiyisi (Xinhe county) in Aksu [[阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区<Ākèsūdìqū>]], west Xinjiang

Example Sentences (10)

那个漂亮的新同事是谁？
Nà gè piàoliang de xīn tóngshì shì shéi?
Who is that pretty new colleague?
Text 1
我们要不要买几个新的椅子？
Wǒmen yào bú yào mǎi jǐ gè xīn de yǐzi?
Shall we buy a few new chairs?
Text 3
时间过得真快，新的一年快要到了！
Shíjiān guò de zhēn kuài, xīn de yì nián kuài yào dào le!
Time flies, the new year is almost here!
Text 2
别提了！我以为新工作比以前的好，没想到还没有以前好呢。
Bié tí le! Wǒ yǐwéi xīn gōngzuò bǐ yǐqián de hǎo, méi xiǎngdào hái méiyǒu yǐqián hǎo ne.
Don't bring it up! I thought the new job would be better than my old one, but it turns out it's still not as good as my old one.
Text 1
到了一个新环境，你会觉得什么都很新鲜，
Dào le yí gè xīn huánjìng, nǐ huì juéde shénme dōu hěn xīnxiān,
In a new environment, you will feel that everything is very new,
Text 4
是新来的汉语老师吗？
Shì xīn lái de Hànyǔ lǎoshī ma?
Is she the new Chinese teacher?
Text 4
孩子眼中的世界是美丽和奇特的。有一本书叫《新十万个为什么》，现在卖得非常火。书里的内容都是儿童想知道的科学知识，相信你女儿一定喜欢读。
Háizi yǎnzhōng de shìjiè shì měilì hé qítè de.yǒu yī běn shū jiào《xīn shíwàn gè wèishénme》,xiànzài mài de fēicháng huǒ.shū lǐ de nèiróng dōu shì értóng xiǎng zhīdào de kēxuézhīshi,xiāngxìn nǐ nǚér yīdìng xǐhuān dú.
To a child, the world is a beautiful and wondrous place. There is a book called *The New 100,000 Whys* that is currently a huge bestseller. It covers scientific topics that children are curious about, and I'm sure your daughter would love reading it.
Text 1
这是你的新电脑吗？
Zhè shì nǐ de xīn diànnǎo ma?
Is this your new computer?
Text 3
那就好，快给我讲讲你新交的中国朋友。
Nà jiù hǎo, kuài gěi wǒ jiǎng jiǎng nǐ xīn jiāo de zhōngguó péngyǒu.
That's good, hurry up and tell me about your new Chinese friend.
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真抱歉，我不小心把护照号码填错了，您能再给我一份新的申请表吗？
Zhēn bàoqiàn, wǒ bù xiǎoxīn bǎ hùzhào hàomǎ tián cuò le, nín néng zài gěi wǒ yí fèn xīn de shēnqǐngbiǎo ma?
I'm really sorry, I accidentally filled in the passport number wrong. Could you give me a new application form?
Text 1

Alternate Entries

新
Xīn
abbr. for Xinjiang [[新疆<Xīnjiāng>]] or Singapore [[新加坡<Xīnjiāpō>]] / surname Xin
HSK 2

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
160
Word Frequency Rank
323 of 84,292