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[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. |
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新年快樂
san1 nin4 faai3 lok6 = Happy New Year
新月
san1 jyut6 = new moon; crescent moon
新鮮
san1 sin1 = fresh
新年
san1 nin4 = New Year's Day; the new year
新型
san1 jing4 = new type; new kind
清新
cing1 san1 = fresh and clean
新高
san1 gou1 = a new high; a record high
翻新
faan1 san1 = renovate; refurbish; redecorate
新丁
san1 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) |
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Showing 10 of 14 examples containing 新
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.)]
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.
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. Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Decimal representation of this word: 新
Unicode code for this character: U+65b0 (off-site link)
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