新 (san1 | xin1) : new; novel; fresh; beginning

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新

san1

xin1

[1] new; novel; fresh [2] beginning; starting [3] recent; modern [4] neo- [5] the Hsin dynasty (8-22 A.D.)

Stroke count: 13

Level: 2

Radical: 斤 (#69)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

新

This word has been viewed 36400 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 16th May 2018 20:32

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新年快樂 san1 nin4 faai3 lok6 xin1 nian2 kuai4 le4 = Happy New Year

新月 san1 jyut6 xin1 yue4 = new moon; crescent moon

新鮮 san1 sin1 xin1 xian1 = fresh

新年 san1 nin4 xin1 nian2 = New Year's Day; the new year

新型 san1 jing4 xin1 xing2 = new type; new kind

清新 cing1 san1 qing1 xin1 = fresh and clean

新高 san1 gou1 xin1 gao1 = a new high; a record high

翻新 faan1 san1 fan1 xin1 = renovate; refurbish; redecorate

新丁 san1 ding1 xin1 ding1 = newbie 粵

新仔 san1 zai2 = newcomer 粵
See all 292 compounds (CantoDict reports 323 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 14 examples containing 新

祝你新年快樂！
Wishing you a happy new year!

我就快搬新屋
I will move to a new house soon.

我就快搬去棟新大廈
I will move to a new building soon.

我需要一把新牙刷國
I need a new toothbrush.

啱啱收到現場最新嘅消息粵
We've just received an on-the-spot update.
[Lit. just now receive on-the-spot most new [possessive particle] news. Std. Chinese: 剛剛收到現場最新的消息. (Heard this sentence on a news report.)]

對新鞋好刮腳粵
The pair of new shoes causes blisters

啱換咗嘅新門鎖反而重𣲷粵
The newly changed door lock is unexpectedly not as smooth as the old one.

間餐廳嘅例湯賣來賣去都係嗰三幅被，重來冇新鮮啲嘅畀你試。粵
This restaurant always serves the same soups; there's never a new thing for you to try.

香港同新加坡人都見慣高樓大厦粵
People of Hong Kong and Singapore are used to seeing high rise buildings.

隨口講佢著衫獨沽一味，點知佢借啲意隔日就買反一櫃嘅新衫粵
I was merely commenting she's always wearing the same clothes; little did I know that she would use it as an opportunity to buy herself a whole cupboard of new clothes the next day.

新澤西州到處都係不毛之地粵
New Jersey is just barren wasteland.
[Lit. New Jersey everywhere also is barren wasteland. Originally the sentence was 死神界到處都是不毛之地, but I gave it a little twist!]

嗰個學生唔見咗部手機，手機重係新嘅添。粵
That student has lost his mobile phone, and a new one at that.
[重係...添 = at that]

自從新聞報道話椰子又好又盛, 呢一帶食肆都食住條水, 推出各種各樣同椰子有關嘅小食。粵
Ever since the news reported that coconuts were good and all, the entire stretch of eateries here seize the opportunity to serve snacks made from coconuts.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,137972,137975#msg-137975]

本港男子罹患新流感情況危殆
Hong Kong man suffering from H1N1 in critical condition

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