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新人

Mandarin · pinyin xīn rén

newcomer; new recruit; fresh talent
newlywed, esp. new bride
newlywed couple; bride and groom
(paleoanthropology) later-period Homo sapiens

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新: xīn · new, recent, fresh, modern
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else

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1–2 · xin1 ren2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

san1 jan4

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noun · Etymology 1

newly married couple; newlyweds; bride and groom (Classifier: 對／对 m c)
newcomer; new member; rookie
new talent; new personality
(Mainland China) people of a new type; people with new ethics; people in the spirit of the times
new person; person who has turned over a new leaf and is making a fresh start
bride
new lover
(literary) newly married wife (as opposed to the previous wife)
(literary) newly married concubine
(literary) newly married husband (as opposed to the previous husband)
(anthropology) Homo sapiens sapiens
(Dongsheng Jin) bridegroom

noun · Etymology 2

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) bridegroom (man about to be married)
(Southern Min, including Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, Teochew, Hailufeng Min) bride
(Southern Min) new staff or personnel

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