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新干线

Xīn gàn xiàn

3-character word Traditional 新幹線

What 新干线 means

1. Shinkansen, Japan's high-speed rail network
2. Shinkansen train

The characters in 新干线

• 新xīnnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)
• 干gāndry; dried food; empty; hollow
• 线xiànthread; string; wire

Example sentences

• 新的新干线多快呀！
  Xīn de Xīngànxiàn duō kuài ya!
  How fast the new Shinkansen goes!

Sounds the same

Read Xīn gàn xiàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 新干县Xingan, a county in Ji'an City 吉安市