(xīn) - new, fresh, recently in Mandarin
xīnTraditional: 新
Translation
new, fresh, recently
Word origin
The character 新 (xīn) 'new' is a phono-semantic compound: the 斤 'axe' radical on the right relates to its original sense of fresh-cut firewood, while 亲 (qīn) on the left supplies the sound.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 亲 (qīn, phonetic) + 斤 (axe radical)
Stroke order
新
Examples
。
This is new.
。
He is a new employee.
！
Happy New Year!
辆。
He bought a new car.
。
The new term has started.
新 (xīn) means new, fresh, recently. It is used as a adjective in everyday Mandarin speech.
Appears in 2 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 新.
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