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新星

xīn xīng

2-character word

What 新星 means

1. astronomynova
2. (fig.) new star; rising star

The characters in 新星

• 新xīnnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)
• 星xīngstar; heavenly body; satellite

Words containing 新星

• 超新星chāo xīn xīng(astronomy) supernova; (fig.) breakout star

Sounds the same

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

• 新兴(of markets, industries, infectious diseases etc) rising; emerging; in the ascendant

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