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新式

xīn shì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

新式 (xīn shì) means "new style; latest type". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 新式 means

1. new style; latest type

The characters in 新式

• 新xīnnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)
• 式shìtype; form; pattern

Sounds the same

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

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