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新生

xīn shēng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

新生 (xīn shēng) means "new; newborn; emerging". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 新生 means

1. new
2. newborn
3. emerging
4. nascent
5. rebirth
6. regeneration
7. new life
8. new student

The characters in 新生

• 新xīnnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)

Example sentences

• 你是新生吗？
  You're a new student?
• 我是个新生。
  I am a new student.
• 新生婴儿很容易生病。
  Xīnshēng yīng'ér hěn róngyì shēngbìng.
  It is easy for babies to get sick.

Words starting with 新生

• 新生儿xīn shēng érnewborn baby; neonate
• 新生代xīn shēng dàinew generation

Sounds the same

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

• 心声heartfelt wish; inner voice; aspiration

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