HSK 2 · Adjectives

新 xīn “new” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 新 means

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

How to say 新

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale新xīn1st tone, high and level

新 in a sentence

  1. 那是新买的鞋子吗？

    Nà shì xīn mǎi de xiézi ma?

    Are those new shoes?

    Sentence #8696423 from Tatoeba

  2. 我们需要买新电视机。

    Wǒmen xūyào mǎi xīn diànshìjī.

    We need to buy a new TV.

    Sentence #5549707 from Tatoeba

  3. 我在努力找新工作。

    Wǒ zài nǔlì zhǎo xīn gōngzuò.

    I’m trying hard to find a new job.

    Sentence #5630396 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 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 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 新

新 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 新

Words with 新

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更新gēngxīn · to update

More words: Adjectives

便宜piányi · cheap黑hēi · black白bái · white红hóng · red忙máng · busy错cuò · wrong真zhēn · true非常fēicháng · extremely

FAQs

新 (xīn) means “new” or “newly”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it xīn: xīn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 新 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 新 from the suggestions. Typing xin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
新 is an HSK 2 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.