新 (Xīn): meaning and stroke order
新 (Xīn) means abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆, abbr. for Singapore 新加坡, surname Xin, new, newly, meso- (chemistry).
新
- Simplified
- 新
- Traditional
- 新 (same form)
- Pinyin
- Xīn
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Stroke order of 新
新
- Xīn abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1]; abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]
- xīn new; newly
- 13 strokes
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Meaning of 新
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Xīn
- abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1]
- abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]
- surname Xin
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xīn
- new
- newly
- meso- (chemistry)
Radical and structure
- 新
- Radical 斤 (Kangxi radical 69) · 13 strokes · 亲 on the left, 斤 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 新
- 新手 xīn shǒu new hand; novice
- 重新 chóng xīn again; once more; re-
- 新年 xīn nián New Year; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 创新 chuàng xīn to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation
- 更新 gēng xīn to replace the old with new; to renew
- 新闻 xīn wén news; CL:條|条[tiao2],個|个[ge4]
- 新鲜 xīn xiān fresh (experience, food etc); freshness
新 in our stories
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半年后，她有了新朋友，也学会了说一句：“老板，微辣！”
bàn nián hòu tā yǒu le xīn péngyou yě xuéhuì le shuō yí jù lǎobǎn wēi là
Six months later she had new friends, and she had learned to say, "Mildly spicy, please!"
From the story No chilli, please HSK 4
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钱多多搬了新家，想在网上买一个便宜又好看的沙发。
Qián Duōduō bān le xīn jiā xiǎng zài wǎngshang mǎi yí gè piányi yòu hǎokàn de shāfā
Qian Duoduo had moved into a new flat and wanted to buy a cheap, good-looking sofa online.
From the story The ninety-nine-yuan sofa HSK 4
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唐磊高兴极了，从此不再想新的口味，每天只坐在店里等下一个网红。
Táng Lěi gāoxìng jí le cóngcǐ bú zài xiǎng xīn de kǒuwèi měitiān zhǐ zuò zài diàn lǐ děng xià yí gè wǎnghóng
Tang Lei was overjoyed. From then on he stopped thinking up new flavours and just sat in the shop every day waiting for the next influencer.
From the story Waiting by the tree stump HSK 4
Stories using 新
- No chilli, please HSK 4
- The ninety-nine-yuan sofa HSK 4
- Waiting by the tree stump HSK 4
- Zhang Qian's mission to the West HSK 6
- The banquet that never ended HSK 6
- The old man who lost his horse HSK 6
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).