HSK 6 · Science

创新 chuàngxīn “innovation” in Chinese

Traditional 創新

What 创新 means

  1. innovation
  2. to innovate
  3. to bring forth new ideas
  4. to blaze new trails

How to say 创新

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale创chuàng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale新xīn1st tone, high and level

创新 in a sentence

  1. 这是个创新的解法。

    Zhè shì ge chuàngxīn de jiěfǎ.

    This is an innovative solution.

    Sentence #796658 from Tatoeba

How 创新 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 创 (chuàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
创chuàngto initiate; to create; to achieve
  • 仓granary · cāngSound part
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāoMeaning part

刂 hints at the meaning (knife); 仓 (cāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with chuàng.

The character 新 (xīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
新xīnnew
  • 亲relatives · qīn
  • 斤axe · jīn

Memory aidAn axe 斤 cutting wood. It first meant firewood, freshly cut, and so “new”.

How to write 创新

创 6 strokes · 新 13 strokes

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创新 (chuàngxīn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 创新 (chuàngxīn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 创新

Words with 创

创造chuàngzào · to create创立chuànglì · to found创业chuàngyè · to start a business创作chuàngzuò · to create

Words with 新

新xīn · new新鲜xīnxiān · fresh experience新闻xīnwén · news新年xīnnián · New Year重新chóngxīn · again新郎xīnláng · bridegroom新娘xīnniáng · bride新颖xīnyǐng · novel崭新zhǎnxīn · brand-new更新gēngxīn · to update

More words: Science & Technology

标本biāoběn · specimen操作cāozuò · to operate测量cèliáng · to measure沉淀chéndiàn · to settle导弹dǎodàn · guided missile登录dēnglù · to log in电源diànyuán · power supply地质dìzhì · geology

FAQs

创新 (chuàngxīn) means “innovation” or “to innovate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chuàngxīn: chuàng with a 4th tone, then xīn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 创新 is written 創新. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuangxin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 创新 from the suggestions. Typing chuangxin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
创新 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.