新 xīn

new, recent, fresh, modern

HSK 2 #161

DEFINITIONS

  • new, recent, fresh, modern
  • abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1] or Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]
  • surname Xin
  • new
  • newly
  • meso- (chemistry)

STROKES

WORDS

新石器 xīn shí qì Neolithic
新编 xīn biān to compile anew; new (version); newly set up (part of an organization)
新都 xīn dū Xindu or Newtown district of Chengdu city 成都市[Cheng2 du1 shi4], Sichuan
更新换代 gēng xīn huàn dài reform and renewal; generational change
巴布亚新几内亚 bā bù yà xīn jǐ nèi yà Papua New Guinea
悔过自新 huǐ guò zì xīn to repent and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
推陈出新 tuī chén chū xīn to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
新城 xīn chéng Xincheng or Hsincheng township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[Hua1 lian2 Xian4], east Taiwan
新增 xīn zēng newly added; additional; to add (to what already exists)
新官上任三把火 xīn guān shàng rèn sān bǎ huǒ (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office (idiom)
新干线 xīn gàn xiàn Shinkansen (Japanese high-speed train)
新锐 xīn ruì cutting-edge (in technology, science, fashion, the arts etc); novel and competitive; new and dashing
永新 yǒng xīn Yongxin county in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi
新井 xīn jǐng Arai (Japanese surname)
新南威尔士 xīn nán wēi ěr shì New South Wales, southeast Australian state
新妇 xīn fù bride; (dialect) daughter-in-law
新安 xīn ān Xin'an county in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳, Henan
新村 xīn cūn new housing development
新乐 xīn lè Xinle county level city in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], Hebei
新浪 xīn làng Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company
新知 xīn zhī new knowledge; new friend
新芬党 xīn fēn dǎng Sinn Fein, Irish political party
新华社 xīn huá shè Xinhua News Agency
新军 xīn jūn New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895)
温故知新 wēn gù zhī xīn to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects); to recall the past to understand the future
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