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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 all 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.
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] 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. |