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新奇

xīn qí

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

新奇 (xīn qí) means "novel; new; exotic". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 新奇 means

1. novel; new; exotic

The characters in 新奇

• 新xīnnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)
• 奇qístrange; odd; weird

Example sentences

• 大多数中国人没见过几个外国人，觉得特新奇，看见外星人的感觉。
  Dàduōshù Zhōngguórén méi jiàn guo jǐge wàiguórén, juéde tè xīnqí, kànjiàn wàixīngrén de gǎnjué.
  The vast majority of Chinese people have never met foreigners before, so it feels odd for them, like meeting space aliens.

Sounds the same

Read xīn qí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 辛奇(loanword) kimchi

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xīn qí correctly.
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