HSK 6 · Body

新陈代谢 xīnchéndàixiè “metabolism” in Chinese

Traditional 新陳代謝

What 新陈代谢 means

  1. metabolism
  2. the new replacing the old
  3. metabolism (biology)
  4. the new replaces the old (idiom)

How to say 新陈代谢

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale陈chén2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale代dài4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale谢xiè4th tone, falling

新陈代谢 in a sentence

  1. 运动能加快新陈代谢。

    Yùndòng néng jiākuài xīnchéndàixiè.

    Exercise can speed up your metabolism.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 年纪大了，新陈代谢会变慢。

    Niánjì dà le, xīnchéndàixiè huì biàn màn.

    As you get older, your metabolism slows down.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 新陈代谢 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”.

The character 陈 (chén) with each of its parts in a different colour
陈chénto lay out; to exhibit; to display
  • 阝place
  • 东east · dōng
The character 代 (dài) with each of its parts in a different colour
代dàito be a substitute for
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 弋shoot · yì
The character 谢 (xiè) with each of its parts in a different colour
谢xièto thank
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 射to shoot · shèSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 射 (shè) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiè.

How to write 新陈代谢

新 13 strokes · 陈 7 strokes · 代 5 strokes · 谢 12 strokes

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

Words related to 新陈代谢

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 陈

陈述chénshù · to state陈列chénliè · to display陈旧chénjiù · outdated

Words with 代

古代gǔdài · ancient times近代jìndài · modern times (roughly 1840 to 1919 in China)年代niándài · a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)时代shídài · age现代xiàndài · modern times代表dàibiǎo · representative代替dàitì · to replace后代hòudài · descendants朝代cháodài · dynasty当代dāngdài · contemporary

Words with 谢

谢谢xièxie · thank you感谢gǎnxiè · (express) thanks谢绝xièjué · to politely decline

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维生素wéishēngsù · vitamin消毒xiāodú · to disinfect膝盖xīgài · knee细菌xìjūn · bacteria性命xìngmìng · life (of a person or animal)胸膛xiōngtáng · chest嗅觉xiùjué · sense of smell血压xuèyā · blood pressure

FAQs

新陈代谢 (xīnchéndàixiè) means “metabolism” or “the new replacing the old”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xīnchéndàixiè: xīn with a 1st tone, then chén with a 2nd tone, then dài with a 4th tone, then xiè 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, 新陈代谢 is written 新陳代謝. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xinchendaixie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 新陈代谢 from the suggestions. Typing xinchendaixie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
新陈代谢 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.