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xīn
HSK 2.0 Level 2 HSK 3.0 Level 1

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Definitions

  1. 1. new
  2. 2. newly
  3. 3. meso- (chemistry)

Example Sentences

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顧客們爭相體驗這個 產品。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 6382414)

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Words Containing 新

新泰
xīn tài

Xintai, county-level city in Tai'an 泰安[tài ān], Shandong

新港
xīn gǎng

Xingang or Hsinkang Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[jiā yì xiàn], west Taiwan

新林
xīn lín

Xinlin district of Daxing'anling prefecture 大興安嶺地區|大兴安岭地区, Heilongjiang

新加坡
xīn jiā pō

Singapore

新编
xīn biān

to compile anew

新闻发言人
xīn wén fā yán rén

spokesman

新会县
xīn huì xiàn

Xinhui county in Guangdong

弃旧图新
qì jiù tú xīn

to turn over a new leaf

新龙县
xīn lóng xiàn

Xinlong county (Tibetan: nyag rong rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[gān zī zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)

新邱
xīn qiū

Xinqiu district of Fuxin city 阜新市, Liaoning

统一新罗
tǒng yī xīn luó

unified Silla (658-935), Korean kingdom

新华书店
xīn huá shū diàn

Xinhua Bookstore, China's largest bookstore chain

新晃
xīn huǎng

Xinhuang Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化[huái huà], Hunan

新华日报
xīn huá rì bào

Xinhua Daily newspaper

新丰乡
xīn fēng xiāng

Xinfeng or Hsinfeng township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[xīn zhú xiàn], northwest Taiwan

清新
qīng xīn

Qingxin county in Qingyuan 清遠|清远[qīng yuǎn], Guangdong

新意
xīn yì

new idea

兰新
lán xīn

Lanzhou and Xinjiang

新闻发布会
xīn wén fā bù huì

news conference

有新意
yǒu xīn yì

modern

新力
xīn lì

Sony (former name of the company used prior to 2009 in some markets including Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, now replaced by 索尼[suǒ ní] in all markets)

新埤
xīn pí

Hsinpi township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[píng dōng xiàn], Taiwan

焕然一新
huàn rán yī xīn

to look completely new (idiom); brand new

标新竞异
biāo xīn jìng yì

to start on sth new and different (idiom); to display originality

巴布亚新几内亚
bā bù yà xīn jǐ nèi yà

Papua New Guinea

创新
chuàng xīn

to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails

新市
xīn shì

Hsinshih township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[tái nán xiàn], Taiwan

奉新县
fèng xīn xiàn

Fengxin county in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi

自新
zì xīn

to reform oneself

新正
xīn zhēng

see 正月[zhēng yuè]

新浦
xīn pǔ

Xinpu district of Lianyungang city 連雲港市|连云港市[lián yún gǎng shì], Jiangsu

新加坡国立大学
xīn jiā pō guó lì dà xué

National University of Singapore

新儒家
xīn rú jiā

New Confucianism, a social and political movement founded in 1920s China that combines aspects of Western and Eastern philosophy

新林区
xīn lín qū

Xinlin district of Daxing'anling prefecture 大興安嶺地區|大兴安岭地区, Heilongjiang

当代新儒家
dāng dài xīn rú jiā

Contemporary New Confucianism

新党
xīn dǎng

New Party (Republic of China)

新几内亚
xīn jǐ nèi yà

New Guinea

新威胁
xīn wēi xié

new danger

另觅新欢
lìng mì xīn huān

to seek happiness elsewhere (euphemism for extramarital sex)

桃色新闻
táo sè xīn wén

sex scandal

新型农村合作医疗
xīn xíng nóng cūn hé zuò yī liáo

New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme

新房
xīn fáng

brand new house

新青区
xīn qīng qū

Xinqing district of Yichun city 伊春市[yī chūn shì], Heilongjiang

新式拚法
xīn shì pīn fǎ

new spelling (linguistics)

新剧同志会
xīn jù tóng zhì huì

New Play Comrade Society, Chinese theatrical company founded in 1912, a continuation of the Spring Willow Society 春柳社[chūn liǔ shè]

动态更新
dòng tài gēng xīn

dynamic update (Internet)

新政
xīn zhèng

new policy

新宾满族自治县
xīn bīn mǎn zú zì zhì xiàn

Xinbin Manchu autonomous county in Fushun 撫順|抚顺, Liaoning

新疆
xīn jiāng

Xinjiang

新浪
xīn làng

Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company

更新换代
gēng xīn huàn dài

reform and renewal

新星
xīn xīng

nova (astronomy)

中新网
zhōng xīn wǎng

ChinaNews (China News Service)

新南威尔士
xīn nán wēi ěr shì

New South Wales, southeast Australian state

新石器
xīn shí qì

Neolithic

送旧迎新
sòng jiù yíng xīn

esp. to see in the New Year

新抚区
xīn fǔ qū

Xinfu district of Fushun city 撫順市|抚顺市, Liaoning

新颖
xīn yǐng

lit. new bud

新竹市
xīn zhú shì

Hsinchu, city in north Taiwan noted for its high tech industries

新县
xīn xiàn

Xin county in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan

渐新世
jiàn xīn shì

Oligocene (geological epoch from 34m-24m years ago)

新乡地区
xīn xiāng dì qū

Xinxiang prefecture in Henan

新月
xīn yuè

new moon

新生
xīn shēng

new

新闻自由
xīn wén zì yóu

freedom of the press

安新县
ān xīn xiàn

Anxin county in Baoding 保定[bǎo dìng], Hebei

新闻出版总署
xīn wén chū bǎn zǒng shǔ

General Administration of Press and Publication (PRC state censorship organization)

新墨西哥州
xīn mò xī gē zhōu

New Mexico, US state

新塘
xīn táng

Xintang, common town or village name

全新纪
quán xīn jì

holocene

新北区
xīn běi qū

Xinbei district of Changzhou city 常州市[cháng zhōu shì], Jiangsu

新乡市
xīn xiāng shì

Xinxiang, prefecture-level city in Henan

新殖民主义
xīn zhí mín zhǔ yì

neocolonialism

信报财经新闻
xìn bào cái jīng xīn wén

Hong Kong Economic Journal

新邵县
xīn shào xiàn

Xinshao county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳[shào yáng], Hunan

新古典
xīn gǔ diǎn

neoclassical

新绛县
xīn jiàng xiàn

Xinjiang county in Yuncheng 運城|运城[yùn chéng], Shanxi

新金县
xīn jīn xiàn

Xinjin county in Liaoning

澳新军团
ào xīn jūn tuán

Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC)

更新世
gēng xīn shì

Pleistocene (geological epoch from 2m years ago, covering the most recent ice ages)

新埤乡
xīn pí xiāng

Hsinpi township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[píng dōng xiàn], Taiwan

新贵
xīn guì

nouveau riche

新成土
xīn chéng tǔ

primosol (soil taxonomy)

了无新意
liǎo wú xīn yì

unoriginal

追新
zhuī xīn

to seek out the new (e.g. the latest tech products)

革新
gé xīn

to innovate

新手
xīn shǒu

new hand

重新
chóng xīn

again; once more; re-

新和
xīn hé

Toqsu nahiyisi (Xinhe county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[ā kè sū dì qū], west Xinjiang

不新鲜
bù xīn xiān

stale

新店溪
xīn diàn xī

Xindian or Hsintian Creek, one of the rivers through Taipei, Taiwan

刷新纪录
shuā xīn jì lù

to set a new record

重新造林
chóng xīn zào lín

reforestation

新郑
xīn zhèng

Xinzheng, county-level city in Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[zhèng zhōu], Henan

新兴县
xīn xīng xiàn

Xinxing county in Yunfu 雲浮|云浮[yún fú], Guangdong

新殖民化
xīn zhí mín huà

neocolonialization

新年
xīn nián

New Year

新大陆
xīn dà lù

the New World

澳新军团日
ào xīn jūn tuán rì

Anzac Day

新化市
xīn huà shì

Xinhua city in Hunan

渐新统
jiàn xīn tǒng

Oligocene system (geology)

温故而知新
wēn gù ér zhī xīn

to recall the past to understand the future

新出生
xīn chū shēng

newly born

万象更新
wàn xiàng gēng xīn

(in the spring) nature takes on a new look (idiom)

新锐
xīn ruì

cutting-edge (in technology, science, fashion, the arts etc)

新泽西
xīn zé xī

New Jersey, US state

新民市
xīn mín shì

Xinmin, county-level city in Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳, Liaoning

新闻媒体
xīn wén méi tǐ

news media

新教
xīn jiào

Protestantism

新闻网
xīn wén wǎng

news agency

新生代
xīn shēng dài

Cenozoic (geological era covering the last 65m years)

新版
xīn bǎn

new edition

新宿
xīn sù

Shinjuku, Tokyo

读卖新闻
dú mài xīn wén

Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)

基督新教
jī dū xīn jiào

Protestantism

小清新
xiǎo qīng xīn

hipster

新增
xīn zēng

to add (sth new)

面目一新
miàn mù yī xīn

complete change (idiom); facelift

新娘子
xīn niáng zi

see 新娘[xīn niáng]

新都区
xīn dū qū

Xindu or Newtown district of Chengdu city 成都市[chéng dū shì], Sichuan

最新
zuì xīn

latest

新津
xīn jīn

Xinjin county in Chengdu 成都[chéng dū], Sichuan

新造镇
xīn zào zhèn

Xinzao town, Guangdong

新斯科舍
xīn sī kē shè

Nova Scotia province, Canada

新墨西哥
xīn mò xī gē

New Mexico, US state

新南威尔士州
xīn nán wēi ěr shì zhōu

New South Wales (Australian state)

新源
xīn yuán

Xinyuan County or Künes nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[yī lí hā sà kè zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang

迎新
yíng xīn

to see in the New Year

新乡县
xīn xiāng xiàn

Xinxiang county in Xinxiang 新鄉|新乡[xīn xiāng], Henan

农历新年
nóng lì xīn nián

Chinese New Year

花边新闻
huā biān xīn wén

media gossip

新修
xīn xiū

revise

新干
xīn gàn

Xingan County in Ji'an 吉安[jí ān], Jiangxi

日新
rì xīn

in constant progress

新宁
xīn níng

Xinning county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳[shào yáng], Hunan

上海文广新闻传媒集团
shàng hǎi wén guǎng xīn wén chuán méi jí tuán

Shanghai Media Group

新邱区
xīn qiū qū

Xinqiu district of Fuxin city 阜新市, Liaoning

新泰市
xīn tài shì

Xintai, county-level city in Tai'an 泰安[tài ān], Shandong

新建
xīn jiàn

Xinjian county in Nanchang 南昌, Jiangxi

新慕道团
xīn mù dào tuán

neo Catechumenal way

新异
xīn yì

new and different

新蔡县
xīn cài xiàn

Xincai county in Zhumadian 駐馬店|驻马店[zhù mǎ diàn], Henan

新选
xīn xuǎn

newly elected

长新冠
cháng xīn guān

long COVID

新巴尔虎左旗
xīn bā ěr hǔ zuǒ qí

New Barag left banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[hū lún bèi ěr], Inner Mongolia

始新世
shǐ xīn shì

Eocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago)

新民主主义革命
xīn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì gé mìng

(Maoism) New Democracy (aka New Democratic Revolution)

历史新高
lì shǐ xīn gāo

all-time high

新都桥镇
xīn dū qiáo zhèn

Xinduqiao town in Dartsendo county 康定縣|康定县[kāng dìng xiàn], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan

每日新闻
měi rì xīn wén

Mainichi Shimbun, a Japanese daily newspaper

新石器时代
xīn shí qì shí dài

Neolithic Era

新人
xīn rén

newcomer

推陈布新
tuī chén bù xīn

advancing all the time

新近
xīn jìn

newly

新闻组
xīn wén zǔ

newsgroup

更新
gēng xīn

to renew

重新做人
chóng xīn zuò rén

to start a new life; to make a fresh start

新德里
xīn dé lǐ

New Delhi, capital of India

新生儿
xīn shēng ér

newborn baby

新婚
xīn hūn

newly wed

更新版
gēng xīn bǎn

new edition

标新立异
biāo xīn lì yì

to make a show of being original or unconventional (idiom)

新海峡时报
xīn hǎi xiá shí bào

New Strait Times (newspaper)

新奇
xīn qí

novel; new; exotic

新教徒
xīn jiào tú

Protestant

壁垒一新
bì lěi yī xīn

to have one's defenses in good order (idiom)

新民主主义论
xīn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì lùn

On New Democracy (1940), by Mao Zedong

新款
xīn kuǎn

new style

新罗
xīn luó

Silla, Korean kingdom 57 BC-935 AD

新宁县
xīn níng xiàn

Xinning county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳[shào yáng], Hunan

新任
xīn rèn

newly-appointed

戊戌维新
wù xū wéi xīn

Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty

维新
wéi xīn

(political) reform

新闻策划
xīn wén cè huà

communication management

重新启动
chóng xīn qǐ dòng

to reboot; to restart

日本经济新闻
rì běn jīng jì xīn wén

Nikkei Shimbun, Japanese equivalent of Financial Times

新喀里多尼亚
xīn kā lǐ duō ní yà

New Caledonia

新式
xīn shì

new style

新屋乡
xīn wū xiāng

Xinwu or Hsinwu township in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[táo yuán xiàn], north Taiwan

重新装修
chóng xīn zhuāng xiū

refurbishment; renovation

新会
xīn huì

Xinhui county and district of Jiangmen city 江門市|江门市, Guangdong

新宠
xīn chǒng

current favorite; the latest thing; darling (of the market or the media etc)

新干县
xīn gàn xiàn

Xingan County in Ji'an 吉安[jí ān], Jiangxi

红新月
hóng xīn yuè

Red Crescent

新屋
xīn wū

Xinwu or Hsinwu township in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[táo yuán xiàn], north Taiwan

新沂
xīn yí

Xinyi city in Xuzhou 徐州[xú zhōu], Jiangsu

新思想
xīn sī xiǎng

new ideas

新店
xīn diàn

Xindian or Hsintien city in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan

阜新
fù xīn

Fuxin prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[liáo níng shěng] in northeast China

新产品
xīn chǎn pǐn

new product

新土
xīn tǔ

freshly dug up earth

新时代
xīn shí dài

new age

中国新闻社
zhōng guó xīn wén shè

China News Service

超新星
chāo xīn xīng

supernova

新出炉
xīn chū lú

fresh out of the oven

新元史
xīn yuán shǐ

New History of the Yuan Dynasty, completed by Ke Shaomin 柯劭忞[kē shào mín] in 1920, sometimes listed as one of the 24 Dynastic Histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ]

新都
xīn dū

Xindu or Newtown district of Chengdu city 成都市[chéng dū shì], Sichuan

清新自然
qīng xīn zì rán

as fresh and clean as nature (idiom)

新艺拉玛
xīn yì lā mǎ

Cinerama

新一代
xīn yī dài

new generation

新村
xīn cūn

new housing development

新庄市
xīn zhuāng shì

Xinzhuang or Hsinchuang city in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan

新闻界
xīn wén jiè

the press

新田
xīn tián

Xintian county in Yongzhou 永州[yǒng zhōu], Hunan

新热带界
xīn rè dài jiè

Neotropic (ecozone)

新平彝族傣族自治县
xīn píng yí zú dǎi zú zì zhì xiàn

Xinping Yi and Dai autonomous county in Yuxi 玉溪[yù xī], Yunnan

新天地
xīn tiān dì

Xintiandi (shopping, eating and entertainment district of Shanghai)

新荣区
xīn róng qū

Xinrong district of Datong city 大同市[dà tóng shì], Shanxi

新山
xīn shān

Johor Bahru (city in Malaysia)

新华
xīn huá

Xinhua (New China), the name of various businesses, products and organizations, notably the Xinhua News Agency 新華社|新华社[xīn huá shè]

全新统
quán xīn tǒng

holocene system (geological strata laid down during the last 12000 years)

上新世
shàng xīn shì

Pliocene (geological epoch from 5m-2m years ago)

新郎
xīn láng

bridegroom

爱新觉罗
ài xīn jué luó

Aisin Gioro, family name of the Manchu emperors of the Qing dynasty

新港乡
xīn gǎng xiāng

Xingang or Hsinkang Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[jiā yì xiàn], west Taiwan

旧瓶装新酒
jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ

(loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)

新浪网
xīn làng wǎng

Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company

新华网
xīn huá wǎng

Xinhua News Network

新园
xīn yuán

Hsinyuan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[píng dōng xiàn], Taiwan

新化县
xīn huà xiàn

Xinhua county in Loudi 婁底|娄底[lóu dǐ], Hunan

款新
kuǎn xīn

new (model)

新安县
xīn ān xiàn

Xin'an county in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳, Henan

新派
xīn pài

new faction

新雅
xīn yǎ

fresh

新潟
xīn xì

Niigata, a city and prefecture in Japan

蜡笔小新
là bǐ xiǎo xīn

Crayon Shin-chan (クレヨンしんちゃん), Japanese manga and anime series popular in China

新古典主义
xīn gǔ diǎn zhǔ yì

neoclassicism

重新开始
chóng xīn kāi shǐ

to resume; to restart; to start afresh

百日维新
bǎi rì wéi xīn

Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty

阜新蒙古族自治县
fù xīn měng gǔ zú zì zhì xiàn

Fuxin Mongol autonomous county in Fuxin 阜新, Liaoning

历久弥新
lì jiǔ mí xīn

lit. long in existence but ever new (idiom)

新罗王朝
xīn luó wáng cháo

Silla, Korean kingdom 57 BC-935 AD

新西兰
xīn xī lán

New Zealand

新闻处
xīn wén chù

news service

耳目一新
ěr mù yī xīn

a pleasant change

全新
quán xīn

all new

新年前夕
xīn nián qián xī

New Year's eve

新华区
xīn huá qū

Xinhua District

新都桥
xīn dū qiáo

Xinduqiao town in Dartsendo county 康定縣|康定县[kāng dìng xiàn], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan

兰新铁路
lán xīn tiě lù

Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway

新市区
xīn shì qū

Xinshi District of Ürümqi, Xinjiang

新芽
xīn yá

new shoot; new sprout

新疆温宿县
xīn jiāng wēn sù xiàn

Wensu County in Xinjiang

新不伦瑞克
xīn bù lún ruì kè

New Brunswick province, Canada

新竹
xīn zhú

Xinzhu or Hsinchu city in northern Taiwan, noted for high tech industries

新娘
xīn niáng

bride

新闻学
xīn wén xué

journalism

永新
yǒng xīn

Yongxin county in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi

新安
xīn ān

Xin'an county in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳, Henan

新城乡
xīn chéng xiāng

Xincheng or Hsincheng township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[huā lián xiàn], east Taiwan

新词
xīn cí

new expression; neologism

新社乡
xīn shè xiāng

Xinshe or Hsinshe Township in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan

出新
chū xīn

to make new advances

新嫁娘
xīn jià niáng

bride

始新纪
shǐ xīn jì

Eocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago)

新河
xīn hé

Xinhe county in Xingtai 邢台[xíng tái], Hebei

新丁
xīn dīng

new addition to a family (i.e. a birth)

新昌县
xīn chāng xiàn

Xinchang County in Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴[shào xīng], Zhejiang

美国有线新闻网
měi guó yǒu xiàn xīn wén wǎng

Cable Network News (CNN)

崭新
zhǎn xīn

brand new

重新统一
chóng xīn tǒng yī

reunification

清新县
qīng xīn xiàn

Qingxin county in Qingyuan 清遠|清远[qīng yuǎn], Guangdong

新技术
xīn jì shù

new technology

古新统
gǔ xīn tǒng

Palaeocene system (geology)

新艺综合体
xīn yì zōng hé tǐ

CinemaScope

新闻周刊
xīn wén zhōu kān

Newsweek magazine

中国新闻网
zhōng guó xīn wén wǎng

China News Service website (chinanews.com)

新河县
xīn hé xiàn

Xinhe county in Xingtai 邢台[xíng tái], Hebei

新闻稿
xīn wén gǎo

press release

雄安新区
xióng ān xīn qū

Xiong'an New Area, a state-level new area in the Baoding area of Hebei, established in 2017

新修本草
xīn xiū běn cǎo

Tang dynasty compendium of herbal medicine

新北
xīn běi

Xinbei district of Changzhou city 常州市[cháng zhōu shì], Jiangsu

换新
huàn xīn

to replace with sth new

新潮
xīn cháo

modern

新津县
xīn jīn xiàn

Xinjin county in Chengdu 成都[chéng dū], Sichuan

咸与维新
xián yù wéi xīn

everyone participates in reforms (idiom)

闹新房
nào xīn fáng

see 鬧洞房|闹洞房[nào dòng fáng]

新历
xīn lì

Gregorian calendar

新沂市
xīn yí shì

Xinyi city in Xuzhou 徐州[xú zhōu], Jiangsu

新营
xīn yíng

Hsinying city in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[tái nán xiàn], Taiwan

新拉
xīn lā

New Latin

产经新闻
chǎn jīng xīn wén

Business News

新兵
xīn bīng

new (army) recruit

新四军
xīn sì jūn

New Fourth army of Republic of China, set up in 1937 and controlled by the communists

新和县
xīn hé xiàn

Toqsu nahiyisi (Xinhe county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[ā kè sū dì qū], west Xinjiang

新加坡人
xīn jiā pō rén

Singaporean person

新罕布什尔
xīn hǎn bù shí ěr

New Hampshire, US state

新台币
xīn tái bì

New Taiwan dollar (NTD)

新京报
xīn jīng bào

Beijing news (newspaper)

新会市
xīn huì shì

Xinhui city in Guangdong

新罗区
xīn luó qū

Xinluo district of Longyan city 龍岩市|龙岩市, Fujian

新西伯利亚
xīn xī bó lì yà

Novosibirsk (city in Russia)

新陈代谢
xīn chén dài xiè

metabolism (biology)

新营市
xīn yíng shì

Hsinying city in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[tái nán xiàn], Taiwan

新闻
xīn wén

news

新新人类
xīn xīn rén lèi

new generation of youths (generation X, Y etc)

新兴经济国家
xīn xīng jīng jì guó jiā

developing economic state

新欢
xīn huān

new flame; new lover

法新社
fǎ xīn shè

Agence France Presse

新城区
xīn chéng qū

Xincheng District of Xi'an 西安市[xī ān shì], Shaanxi

新北界
xīn běi jiè

Nearctic realm

记忆犹新
jì yì yóu xīn

to remain fresh in one's memory (idiom)

古新世
gǔ xīn shì

Palaeocene (geological epoch from 65m-55m years ago)

新疆歌鸲
xīn jiāng gē qú

(bird species of China) common nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)

新霉素
xīn méi sù

neomycin (antibiotic)

张志新
zhāng zhì xīn

Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979

中兴新村
zhōng xīng xīn cūn

Zhongxing New Village, model town in Nantou County, west-central Taiwan

纳新
nà xīn

to accept the new

新英格兰
xīn yīng gé lán

New England

新竹县
xīn zhú xiàn

Xinzhu or Hsinchu County in northwest Taiwan

阜新市
fù xīn shì

Fuxin prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[liáo níng shěng] in northeast China

新密市
xīn mì shì

Xinmi, county-level city in Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[zhèng zhōu], Henan

新民晚报
xīn mín wǎn bào

Xinmin Evening News

新洲区
xīn zhōu qū

Xinzhou district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[wǔ hàn shì], Hubei

新婚燕尔
xīn hūn yàn ěr

newlyweds

新民
xīn mín

Xinmin, county-level city in Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳, Liaoning

中国新民党
zhōng guó xīn mín dǎng

New Democracy Party of China, a short-lived party founded in 2007 by human rights activist Guo Quan, who was jailed in 2009

日久弥新
rì jiǔ mí xīn

see 歷久彌新|历久弥新[lì jiǔ mí xīn]

新西伯利亚市
xīn xī bó lì yà shì

Novosibirsk, city in Russia

新密
xīn mì

Xinmi, county-level city in Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[zhèng zhōu], Henan

新妇
xīn fù

bride

新造
xīn zào

Xinzao town, Guangdong

新洲
xīn zhōu

Xinzhou district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[wǔ hàn shì], Hubei

新龙
xīn lóng

Xinlong county (Tibetan: nyag rong rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[gān zī zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)

新疆生产建设兵团
xīn jiāng shēng chǎn jiàn shè bīng tuán

Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, also known as XPCC or Bingtuan (\the Corps\), a state-owned economic and paramilitary organization in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

新约全书
xīn yuē quán shū

New Testament

新宾县
xīn bīn xiàn

Xinbin county in Fushun 撫順|抚顺, Liaoning

新低
xīn dī

new low

新字体
xīn zì tǐ

shinjitai, simplified Japanese character used since 1946

新化镇
xīn huà zhèn

Hsinhua town in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[tái nán xiàn], Taiwan

翻新
fān xīn

to revamp

沈北新
shěn běi xīn

Shenbeixin district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning

世说新语
shì shuō xīn yǔ

A New Account of the Tales of the World, collection of anecdotes, conversations, remarks etc of historic personalities, compiled and edited by Liu Yiqing 劉義慶|刘义庆[liú yì qìng]

新产品推介会
xīn chǎn pǐn tuī jiè huì

product launch event

新浪微博
xīn làng wēi bó

Sina Weibo, Chinese microblogging website

新北市
xīn běi shì

New Taipei City, administrative district in north Taiwan, formerly 臺北縣|台北县[tái běi xiàn]

中法新约
zhōng fǎ xīn yuē

treaty of Tianjin of 1885 ceding Vietnam to France

新华社
xīn huá shè

Xinhua News Agency, founded in 1931 as the press outlet of the Chinese Communist Party

新秀
xīn xiù

rising star; new talent

新会区
xīn huì qū

Xinhui district of Jiangmen city 江門市|江门市, Guangdong

无锡新区
wú xī xīn qū

Wuxi new district of Wuxi city 無錫市|无锡市[wú xī shì], Jiangsu

新来乍到
xīn lái zhà dào

newly arrived (idiom)

新干线
xīn gàn xiàn

Shinkansen (Japanese high-speed train)

朝日新闻
zhāo rì xīn wén

Asahi Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)

新柏拉图主义
xīn bó lā tú zhǔ yì

neo-Platonism (philosophical system combining Platonism with mysticism)

新乐
xīn lè

Xinle, county-level city in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[shí jiā zhuāng], Hebei

阳新县
yáng xīn xiàn

Yangxin county in Huangshi 黃石|黄石[huáng shí], Hubei

浦东新区
pǔ dōng xīn qū

Pudong New District, subprovincial district of Shanghai

新蔡
xīn cài

Xincai county in Zhumadian 駐馬店|驻马店[zhù mǎ diàn], Henan

新建县
xīn jiàn xiàn

Xinjian county in Nanchang 南昌, Jiangxi

刷新
shuā xīn

to renovate

新婚夫妇
xīn hūn fū fù

newly married couple

新奥尔良
xīn ào ěr liáng

New Orleans, Louisiana

新阶段
xīn jiē duàn

new level; higher plane

新店市
xīn diàn shì

Xindian or Hsintien city in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan

新田县
xīn tián xiàn

Xintian county in Yongzhou 永州[yǒng zhōu], Hunan

新鲜
xīn xiān

fresh (experience, food etc)

新乡
xīn xiāng

Xinxiang, prefecture-level city in Henan

小道新闻
xiǎo dào xīn wén

news from the grapevine

阳新
yáng xīn

Yangxin county in Huangshi 黃石|黄石[huáng shí], Hubei

新野县
xīn yě xiàn

Xinye county in Nanyang 南陽|南阳[nán yáng], Henan

新余
xīn yú

Xinyu, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi

新五代史
xīn wǔ dài shǐ

Later History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), nineteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[ōu yáng xiū] in 1053 during Northern Song Dynasty, 74 scrolls

新埔镇
xīn pǔ zhèn

Xinpu or Hsinpu Town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[xīn zhú xiàn], northwest Taiwan

新城
xīn chéng

Xincheng or Hsincheng township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[huā lián xiàn], east Taiwan

新丰县
xīn fēng xiàn

Xinfeng County in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[sháo guān], Guangdong

新界
xīn jiè

New Territories (in Hong Kong)

新青
xīn qīng

Xinqing district of Yichun city 伊春市[yī chūn shì], Heilongjiang

新丰
xīn fēng

Xinfeng County in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[sháo guān], Guangdong

新兴
xīn xīng

Xinxing county in Yunfu 雲浮|云浮[yún fú], Guangdong

新潟县
xīn xì xiàn

Niigata prefecture in northwest Japan

新城电台
xīn chéng diàn tái

Metro Radio Hong Kong

新晃侗族自治县
xīn huǎng dòng zú zì zhì xiàn

Xinhuang Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化[huái huà], Hunan

新兴区
xīn xīng qū

Xinxing district of Qitaihe city 七台河[qī tái hé], Heilongjiang

日新月异
rì xīn yuè yì

daily renewal, monthly change (idiom)

新绛
xīn jiàng

Xinjiang county in Yuncheng 運城|运城[yùn chéng], Shanxi

美丽新世界
měi lì xīn shì jiè

Brave New World, novel by Aldous Huxley 阿道司·赫胥黎[ā dào sī · hè xū lí]

维新变法
wéi xīn biàn fǎ

Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty

新晃县
xīn huǎng xiàn

Xinhuang Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化[huái huà], Hunan

光明新区
guāng míng xīn qū

New Guangming district of Shenzhen City 深圳市[shēn zhèn shì], Guangdong

新城县
xīn chéng xiàn

Xincheng county in Hebei

新型冠状病毒
xīn xíng guān zhuàng bìng dú

novel coronavirus (esp. SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19)

新园乡
xīn yuán xiāng

Hsinyuan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[píng dōng xiàn], Taiwan

胡温新政
hú wēn xīn zhèng

Hu-Wen New Administration (formed in 2003), ostensibly reform-oriented leadership of Hu Jintao 胡錦濤|胡锦涛[hú jǐn tāo] and Wen Jiabao 溫家寶|温家宝[wēn jiā bǎo]

簇新
cù xīn

brand-new

新风系统
xīn fēng xì tǒng

ventilation system that purifies outdoor air during intake

鼎新
dǐng xīn

to innovate

新高
xīn gāo

new high

始新统
shǐ xīn tǒng

Eocene system (geology)

奉新
fèng xīn

Fengxin county in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi

新唐书
xīn táng shū

History of the Later Tang Dynasty, seventeenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[ōu yáng xiū] and Song Qi 宋祁[sòng qí] in 1060 during Northern Song 北宋[běi sòng], 225 scrolls

创新精神
chuàng xīn jīng shén

creativity

萌新
méng xīn

(neologism) (slang) newbie

新农合
xīn nóng hé

New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme

标新领异
biāo xīn lǐng yì

to bring in the new (idiom); new directions, different creation

永贞革新
yǒng zhēn gé xīn

Yongzhen Reform, Tang dynasty failed reform movement of 805 led by Wang Shuwen 王叔文[wáng shū wén]

新市镇
xīn shì zhèn

new town

新庄
xīn zhuāng

Xinzhuang or Hsinchuang city in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan

新民主主义
xīn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì

New Democracy

维新派
wéi xīn pài

the reformist faction

有线新闻网
yǒu xiàn xīn wén wǎng

Cable Network News (CNN)

新浦区
xīn pǔ qū

Xinpu district of Lianyungang city 連雲港市|连云港市[lián yún gǎng shì], Jiangsu

彭博新闻社
péng bó xīn wén shè

Bloomberg News

庆历新政
qìng lì xīn zhèng

failed reform of Northern Song government in 1043

新芬党
xīn fēn dǎng

Sinn Fein, Irish political party

大新县
dà xīn xiàn

Daxin county in Chongzuo 崇左[chóng zuǒ], Guangxi

新平县
xīn píng xiàn

Xinping Yi and Dai autonomous county in Yuxi 玉溪[yù xī], Yunnan

滨海新区
bīn hǎi xīn qū

Binhai New District, subprovincial district of Tianjin

新型
xīn xíng

new type; new kind

澳新界
ào xīn jiè

Australasian realm

温故知新
wēn gù zhī xīn

to recall the past to understand the future

新冠肺炎
xīn guān fèi yán

COVID-19, the coronavirus disease identified in 2019

新春
xīn chūn

the beginning of Spring

推陈致新
tuī chén zhì xīn

see 推陳出新|推陈出新[tuī chén chū xīn]

全新世
quán xīn shì

Holocene (geological period covering approx 12000 years since the last ice age)

超新星剩余
chāo xīn xīng shèng yú

supernova residue (a type of nebula)

现代新儒家
xiàn dài xīn rú jiā

Modern New Confucianism

标新取异
biāo xīn qǔ yì

to start on sth new and different (idiom); to display originality

新社
xīn shè

Xinshe or Hsinshe Township in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan

新昌
xīn chāng

Xinchang county in Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴[shào xīng], Zhejiang

大新
dà xīn

Daxin county in Chongzuo 崇左[chóng zuǒ], Guangxi

新余市
xīn yú shì

Xinyu, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi

新春佳节
xīn chūn jiā jié

Chinese New Year festivities

小别胜新婚
xiǎo bié shèng xīn hūn

reunion after an absence is sweeter than being newlyweds (idiom)

明治维新
míng zhì wéi xīn

Meiji Restoration (Japan, 1868)

万古长新
wàn gǔ cháng xīn

to remain forever new (idiom)

新罕布什尔州
xīn hǎn bù shí ěr zhōu

New Hampshire, US state

打新
dǎ xīn

(finance) to participate in an IPO (initial public offering)

悔过自新
huǐ guò zì xīn

to repent and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf

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)

新禧
xīn xǐ

Happy New Year!

劳动新闻
láo dòng xīn wén

Rodong Sinmun (Workers' news), the official newspaper of the North Korean WPK's Central Committee

新野
xīn yě

Xinye county in Nanyang 南陽|南阳[nán yáng], Henan

新居
xīn jū

new residence

安新
ān xīn

Anxin county in Baoding 保定[bǎo dìng], Hebei

新风
xīn fēng

new trend

新疆手抓饭
xīn jiāng shǒu zhuā fàn

Xinjiang lamb rice

皇帝的新衣
huáng dì de xīn yī

the Emperor's new clothes (i.e. naked)

新约
xīn yuē

New Testament

新城病
xīn chéng bìng

Newcastle disease

中新世
zhōng xīn shì

Miocene (geological epoch from 24m-5m years ago)

新泽西州
xīn zé xī zhōu

New Jersey, US state

标题新闻
biāo tí xīn wén

headline news

新文化运动
xīn wén huà yùn dòng

the New Culture Movement (mid-1910s and 1920s), intellectual revolution against Confucianism aiming to introduce Western elements, especially democracy and science

恭贺新禧
gōng hè xīn xǐ

Happy New Year

新纪元
xīn jì yuán

New Age (movement)

新年快乐
xīn nián kuài lè

Happy New Year!

新源县
xīn yuán xiàn

Xinyuan County or Künes nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[yī lí hā sà kè zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang

新闻主播
xīn wén zhǔ bō

newsreader

尖新
jiān xīn

fresh

新闻工作者
xīn wén gōng zuò zhě

journalist

新巴尔虎右旗
xīn bā ěr hǔ yòu qí

New Barag right banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[hū lún bèi ěr], Inner Mongolia

新不列颠岛
xīn bù liè diān dǎo

New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Guinea

新兴产业
xīn xīng chǎn yè

emerging industry

新邵
xīn shào

Xinshao county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳[shào yáng], Hunan

新义州市
xīn yì zhōu shì

Shin'ŭiju, capital of North Pyong'an Province, North Korea

沈北新区
shěn běi xīn qū

Shenbeixin district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning

新郑市
xīn zhèng shì

Xinzheng, county-level city in Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[zhèng zhōu], Henan

政府新闻处
zhèng fǔ xīn wén chù

information services department

新乐市
xīn lè shì

Xinle, county-level city in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[shí jiā zhuāng], Hebei

改过自新
gǎi guò zì xīn

to reform and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf

新畿内亚
xīn jī nèi yà

New Guinea

新年进步
xīn nián jìn bù

Happy New Year!

新知
xīn zhī

new knowledge

新荣
xīn róng

Xinrong district of Datong city 大同市[dà tóng shì], Shanxi

重新开机
chóng xīn kāi jī

to restart; to reboot

国务院新闻办公室
guó wù yuàn xīn wén bàn gōng shì

State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China

永新县
yǒng xīn xiàn

Yongxin county in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi

高新技术
gāo xīn jì shù

high tech

头条新闻
tóu tiáo xīn wén

top news story

新化
xīn huà

Xinhua county in Loudi 婁底|娄底[lóu dǐ], Hunan

新闻记者
xīn wén jì zhě

journalist

新埔
xīn pǔ

Xinpu or Hsinpu Town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[xīn zhú xiàn], northwest Taiwan

新朝
xīn cháo

the Xin dynasty (8-23 AD) of Wang Mang 王莽, forming the interregnum between the former and later Han