HSK 6 · Adjectives

崭新 zhǎnxīn “brand-new” in Chinese

Traditional 嶄新

What 崭新 means

  1. brand-new
  2. brand new

How to say 崭新

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale崭zhǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale新xīn1st tone, high and level

崭新 in a sentence

  1. 您新买的是辆崭新的车吗？

    Nín xīn mǎi de shì liàng zhǎnxīn de chē ma?

    Is the car you just bought brand new?

    Sentence #11044298 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 崭新 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 崭 (zhǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
崭zhǎntowering
  • 山mountain · shānMeaning part
  • 斩to chop · zhǎnSound part

山 hints at the meaning (mountain); 斩 (zhǎn) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhǎn.

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 崭新

崭 11 strokes · 新 13 strokes

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

Words related to 崭新

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创新chuàngxīn · innovation更新gēngxīn · to update

More words: Adjectives

原始yuánshǐ · original愚蠢yúchǔn · stupid愚昧yúmèi · ignorant斩钉截铁zhǎndīngjiétiě · resolute and decisive朝气蓬勃zhāoqìpéngbó · full of vigour扎实zhāshi · solid镇定zhèndìng · calm正当zhèngdàng · proper

FAQs

崭新 (zhǎnxīn) means “brand-new” or “brand new”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhǎnxīn: zhǎn with a 3rd 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, 崭新 is written 嶄新. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhanxin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 崭新 from the suggestions. Typing zhanxin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
崭新 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.