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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)

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
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
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
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
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
是新来的汉语老师吗？
Shì xīn lái de Hànyǔ lǎoshī ma?
Is she the new Chinese teacher?
Text 4
这件红的呢？这是今天新来的。
Zhè jiàn hóng de ne? Zhè shì jīntiān xīn lái de.
How about this red one? This one just came in today.
Text 4
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.
Text 1
我的新礼物呢？快拿出来让我看看。
Wǒ de xīn lǐwù ne? Kuài ná chūlái ràng wǒ kàn kan.
Where's my new gift? Hurry up and take it out so I can have a look.
Text 1
你才到新公司，不要太急着赚钱，多学习才是最重要的。
Nǐ cái dào xīn gōngsī, bú yào tài jí zhe zhuàn qián, duō xuéxí cái shì zuì zhòngyào de.
You just joined the new company; don’t be too eager to make money. Learning more is the most important.
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