(chóng xīn) - again, anew, afresh in Mandarin

chóngxīn

Traditional: 重新

HSK 4

#763 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

again, anew, afresh

Word origin

The word 重新 combines 重 'again, to repeat' with 新 'new', giving the sense of doing something anew or afresh. 新 is itself a phono-semantic compound with 斤 (axe) and 木 (wood) plus a phonetic element, originally referring to freshly cut firewood.

Origin: compound
Root: 重 (chóng, again) + 新 (xīn, new)

Stroke order

重

新

Examples

。

Let us start afresh.

。

He decided to study again.

。

The system needs to restart.

。

We need to reconsider this plan.

修xiū。

She redecorated the house.

重新 (chóng xīn) means again, anew, afresh. It is used as an adverb in everyday Mandarin speech.

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This word is part of lesson 16.