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新

xīn

HSK 2 Character

What 新 means

1. new
2. newly
3. meso- (chemistry)

Other readings

新 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Xīnabbr. for Xinjiang {新疆|Xīn jiāng}; abbr. for Singapore {新加坡|Xīn jiā pō}; surname Xin

Example sentences

• 新年快乐！
  Xīnniánkuàilè!
  Happy New Year!
• 新娘来了！
  Here comes the bride!
• 这是新的。
  This is new.
• 让它更新。
  Let it update.
• 这是全新的。
  Zhè shì quánxīn de.
  It's brand new.
• 新月出来了。
  Xīnyuè chūlái le.
  The new moon came out.

Words starting with 新

• 新闻xīn wénnews
• 新鲜xīn xiānfresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel
• 新娘xīn niángbride
• 新郎xīn lángbridegroom; groom
• 新颖xīn yǐnglit. new bud; fig. new and original
• 新陈代谢xīn chén dài xièmetabolism (biology); the new replaces the old (idiom)
• 新华Xīn huáXinhua (New China), the name of various businesses, products and organizations, notably…
• 新加坡Xīn jiā pōSingapore
• 新生xīn shēngnew; newborn; emerging
• 新年xīn niánNew Year
• 新人xīn rénnewcomer; new recruit; fresh talent; newlywed, esp. new bride; newlywed couple…
• 新华社Xīn huá shèXinhua News Agency, official press agency of the People's Republic of China, founded in…
• 新闻网xīn wén wǎngnews agency
• 新西兰Xīn xī lánNew Zealand
• 新建xīn jiànnew construction; newly built
• 新中国Xīn Zhōng guóNew China (post-1949 China)
• 新型xīn xíngnew type; new kind
• 新增xīn zēngto add (sth new); newly added; additional
• 新房xīn fángbrand new house; bridal chamber
• 新手xīn shǒunew hand; novice; raw recruit
• 新兴xīn xīng(of markets, industries, infectious diseases etc) rising; emerging; in the ascendant
• 新婚xīn hūnnewly married
• 新村xīn cūnnew housing development
• 新奇xīn qínovel; new; exotic

Words containing 新

• 重新chóng xīnagain; once more; re-
• 最新zuì xīnlatest; newest
• 更新gēng xīnto replace the old with new; to renew; to renovate
• 创新chuàng xīnto bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation
• 崭新zhǎn xīnbrand new
• 日新月异rì xīn yuè yìdaily renewal, monthly change (idiom); every day sees new developments; rapid progress
• 全新quán xīnall new; completely new
• 清新qīng xīnfresh and clean
• 高新技术gāo xīn jì shùhigh tech; high technology
• 刷新shuā xīnto renovate; to refurbish; to refresh (computer window)
• 出新chū xīnto make new advances; to move forwards
• 记忆犹新jì yì yóu xīnto remain fresh in one's memory (idiom)
• 革新gé xīnto innovate; innovation
• 翻新fān xīnto revamp; a face-lift; to retread (a tire)
• 迎新yíng xīnto see in the New Year; to welcome new guests; by extension, to receive new students
• 耳目一新ěr mù yī xīna pleasant change; a breath of fresh air; refreshing
• 法新社Fǎ xīn shèAgence France Presse; AFP news agency
• 焕然一新huàn rán yī xīnto look completely new (idiom); brand new; changed beyond recognition
• 中新社Zhōng xīn shèChina News Service (CNS) (abbr. for 中国新闻社
• 自新zì xīnto reform oneself; to mend one's ways and start life anew
• 标新立异biāo xīn lì yìto make a show of being original or unconventional (idiom)
• 明治维新Míng zhì Wéi xīnMeiji Restoration (Japan, 1868)
• 维新wéi xīn(political) reform; revitalization; modernization
• 喜新厌旧xǐ xīn yàn jiùlit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people…

Characters that look like 新

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 斯sī(phonetic); this
• 期qīa period of time; phase; stage
• 溺nìto drown; to indulge; addicted to
• 厮sī(bound form) together; each other; (bound form) male servant; (bound form) dude…
• 儆jǐngto warn; to admonish
• 靳jìnmartingale; stingy

Sounds the same

Read xīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 心heart; mind; intention
• 辛(of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious
• 欣happy
• 薪(literary) firewood; fuel; (bound form) salary
• 芯(bound form) the pith of the rush plant (used as a lampwick)
• 馨fragrant
• 鑫(used in names of people and shops, symbolizing prosperity)
• 歆pleased; moved
• 昕dawn
• 锌zinc (chemistry)
• 忻happy
• 莘Asarum; Wild ginger; also 细辛