新
Meanings
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- 1.new
- 2.newly
- 3.meso- (chemistry)
- 1.abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xīn jiāng]
- 2.abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xīn jiā pō]
- 3.surname Xin
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Wiktionary
- 1.new; fresh
- 2.new; unused
- 3.recently or just married
- 4.the new
- 5.to make new
- 6.newly; freshly; recently
- 7.neo-
- 8.a surname, Xin
- 9.Xin dynasty
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *siŋ): phonetic 辛 (OC *siŋ) + semantic 斤 — to chop wood. Original form of 薪 (OC *siŋ, “firewood”). The character was later borrowed to represent 新 (OC *siŋ, “new”) as an instance of jiajie (假借). A semantic 木 was later added in the bronze inscriptions which merged with the 辛. Shuowen misinterprets the character as 𣓀 + 斤. Sino-Tibetan; cognate with Burmese သစ် (sac, “new”). Compare the cognacy between 薪 (OC *siŋ, “firewood”) and Burmese သစ် (sac, “wood; timber”). This word may belong to the Sino-Tibetan stem Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sreŋ (“alive, fresh, green”) and may hence be related to 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ, “green”) as well as 薪 (OC *siŋ, “firewood”) (Schuessler, 2007).
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Components
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Example sentences
這些是新的。
These are the new ones.
我是新來的。
I'm new here.
这不是新的。
This isn't new.
你是新来的吗？
Are you new?
這本書是新的。
This book is new.
这本书是新的。
This book's new.
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Derived terms
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