HSK 6 · Ideas

日新月异 rìxīnyuèyì “changing rapidly” in Chinese

Traditional 日新月異

What 日新月异 means

  1. changing rapidly
  2. new every day
  3. daily renewal, monthly change (idiom)
  4. every day sees new developments
  5. rapid progress

How to say 日新月异

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale日rì4th 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
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale月yuè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale异yì4th tone, falling

日新月异 in a sentence

  1. 科技发展日新月异。

    Kējì fāzhǎn rìxīnyuèyì.

    Technology is changing at a dizzying pace.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这个城市的变化日新月异。

    Zhè ge chéngshì de biànhuà rìxīnyuèyì.

    This city is changing by the day.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 日新月异 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 日 (rì) with each of its parts in a different colour
日rìsun
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidDrawn from the sun.

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”.

The character 月 (yuè) with each of its parts in a different colour
月yuèmoon
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 二two · èr

Memory aidDrawn from a crescent moon.

The character 异 (yì) with each of its parts in a different colour
异yìdifferent
  • 巳part of the character
  • 廾two hands · gǒng

How to write 日新月异

日 4 strokes · 新 13 strokes · 月 4 strokes · 异 6 strokes

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

Words related to 日新月异

Words with 日

星期日Xīngqīrì · Sunday日rì · day生日shēngrì · birthday节日jiérì · holiday工作日gōngzuòrì · working day日记rìjì · diary日历rìlì · calendar日期rìqī · date日子rìzi · day日程rìchéng · schedule

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创新chuàngxīn · innovation

Words with 月

月yuè · month月亮yuèliang · the moon岁月suìyuè · years正月zhēngyuè · first month of the lunar year

Words with 异

异常yìcháng · abnormal优异yōuyì · outstanding诧异chàyì · astonished

More words: Ideas & Concepts

人格réngé · personality人间rénjiān · the human world人性rénxìng · human nature任重道远rènzhòngdàoyuǎn · to carry a heavy responsibility (lit. heavy load荣誉róngyù · honour儒家rújiā · Confucianism弱点ruòdiǎn · weakness涉及shèjí · to involve

FAQs

日新月异 (rìxīnyuèyì) means “changing rapidly” or “new every day”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it rìxīnyuèyì: rì with a 4th tone, then xīn with a 1st tone, then yuè with a 4th tone, then yì with a 4th 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, 日新月异 is written 日新月異. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type rixinyueyi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 日新月异 from the suggestions. Typing rixinyueyi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
日新月异 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.