HSK 6 · Family

新娘 xīnniáng “bride” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 新娘 means

  1. bride

How to say 新娘

  • 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娘niáng2nd tone, rising

新娘 in a sentence

  1. 新娘来了！

    Xīnniáng lái le!

    Here comes the bride!

    Sentence #811274 from Tatoeba

  2. 新娘看起来非常漂亮。

    Xīnniáng kàn qǐlai fēicháng piàoliang.

    The bride looked beautiful.

    Sentence #839504 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 发给好朋友的请帖上有新郎新娘合影的照片。

    Fāgěi hǎo péngyou de qǐngtiě shàng yǒu xīnláng xīnniáng héyǐng de zhàopiàn.

    The invitations sent to close friends have a photo of the bride and groom together.

    Sentence #421182 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 新娘 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 娘 (niang) with each of its parts in a different colour
娘niángmother
  • 女woman · nǚMeaning part
  • 良good · liángSound part

女 hints at the meaning (woman); 良 (liáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with niáng.

How to write 新娘

新 13 strokes · 娘 10 strokes

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

Words related to 新娘

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新颖xīnyǐng · novel崭新zhǎnxīn · brand-new创新chuàngxīn · innovation更新gēngxīn · to update

Words with 娘

姑娘gūniang · girl

More words: People, Body & Health

娃娃wáwa · baby无赖wúlài · rogue媳妇xífù · daughter-in-law新郎xīnláng · bridegroom婴儿yīng'ér · baby岳母yuèmǔ · mother-in-law (wife’s mother)侄子zhízi · nephew (brother’s son)诸位zhūwèi · everyone

FAQs

新娘 (xīnniáng) means “bride”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xīnniáng: xīn with a 1st tone, then niáng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 新娘 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xinniang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 新娘 from the suggestions. Typing xinniang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
新娘 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.