新
xīn
Pinyin

Definition

新
 - 
xīn
  1. new
  2. newly
  3. meso- (chemistry)
新
 - 
Xīn
  1. abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xīn jiāng] or Singapore 新加坡[Xīn jiā pō]
  2. surname Xin

Character Decomposition

Compounds (1)

薪
xīn
  1. 1 fuel
  2. 2 salary

Related Words (20)

新
Xīn
  1. 1 abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xīn jiāng] or Singapore 新加坡[Xīn jiā pō]
  2. 2 surname Xin
新增
xīn zēng
  1. 1 newly added
  2. 2 additional
  3. 3 to add (to what already exists)
新年
xīn nián
  1. 1 New Year
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
新浪
Xīn làng
  1. 1 Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company
更新
gēng xīn
  1. 1 to replace the old with new
  2. 2 to renew
  3. 3 to renovate
  4. 4 to upgrade
  5. 5 to update
  6. 6 to regenerate

Idioms (20)

吐故纳新
tǔ gù nà xīn
  1. 1 lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new
咸与维新
xián yù wéi xīn
  1. 1 everyone participates in reforms (idiom)
  2. 2 to replace the old with new
  3. 3 to reform and start afresh
喜新厌旧
xǐ xīn yàn jiù
  1. 1 lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old
壁垒一新
bì lěi yī xīn
  1. 1 to have one's defenses in good order (idiom)
小别胜新婚
xiǎo bié shèng xīn hūn
  1. 1 reunion after an absence is sweeter than being newlyweds (idiom)
  2. 2 absence makes the heart grow fonder

Sample Sentences

欢迎您来敝公司参观。展示柜里有这季的最新款式。
huānyíng nín lái bìgōngsī cānguān 。zhǎnshìguì lǐ yǒu zhè jì de zuìxīn kuǎnshì 。
Welcome to our company. There are the latest models of the season in the display cabinet.
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听到消息有新的上司要来，同事就开始出馊主意，说要热热闹闹地为新上司办个欢迎派对，看来他是想和新上司套交情。
tīngdào xiāoxi yǒu Xīn de shàngsi yào lái ，tóngshì jiù kāishǐ chū sōuzhǔyi ，shuō yào rèrènàonào de wéi Xīn shàngsi bàn ge huānyíng pàiduì ，kànlai tā shì xiǎng hé Xīn shàngsi tàojiāoqing 。
When hearing of the news that a new boss was coming, my colleague began to make silly suggestions, saying that we should have a welcoming party for the new boss. It seemed that he was trying to curry favor with the new boss.
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我有个护士朋友说是家长想要女婿了，所以想认识认识新朋友。但是她可挑剔了，她开出来的征友条件，让人看了都傻眼。
wǒ yǒu ge hùshi péngyou shuō shì jiāzhǎng xiǎngyào nǚxu le ，suǒyǐ xiǎng rènshi rènshi Xīn péngyou 。dànshì tā kě tiāoti le ，tā kāi chūlái de zhēngyǒu tiáojiàn ，ràng rén kàn le dōu shǎyǎn 。
I have a nurse friend who says that her parents want a son-in-law, so she wants to meet new friends. But she’s very picky, and her list of boyfriend criteria is really shocking.
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她要她的白马王子眼睛大，眉毛浓，头发微微自然卷，个子还要高，最重要的是要有钱，要能常常买新衣服，买她想要的东西给她。
tā yào tā de báimǎwángzǐ yǎnjing dà ，méimao nóng ，tóufa wēiwēi zìrán juǎn ，gèzi hái yào gāo ，zuì zhòngyào de shì yào yǒuqián ，yào néng chángcháng mǎi Xīn yīfu ，mǎi tā xiǎngyào de dōngxi gěi tā 。
She wants her Prince Charming to have big eyes, thick eyebrows, slightly curly hair, to be tall, and above all, to have money, to be able to buy new clothes and what she wants all the time.
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我们公司开展了新5G产品的开发。
wǒmen gōngsī kāizhǎn le Xīn chǎnpǐn de kāifā 。
Our company launched the development of new 5G products.
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这家公司在越南开设了新工厂。
zhè jiā gōngsī zài Yuènán kāishè le Xīn gōngchǎng 。
This company set up a new factory in Vietnam.
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这家公司又开发了一种新产品。
zhè jiā gōngsī yòu kāifā le yīzhǒng Xīn chǎnpǐn 。
This company developed another new product.
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开发新产品
kāifā Xīn chǎnpǐn
Develop a new product
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开发新科技
kāifā Xīn kējì
Develop new technology
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史总，这位是新来的实习生，是从营销部来的。
Shǐzǒng ，zhèwèi shì xīnlái de shíxísheng ，shì cóng yíngxiāobù lái de 。
GM Shih, this is our new intern. He is from the marketing department.
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