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新
Mandarin · pinyin xīn#
Meanings · xīn
- new
- newly
- meso- (chemistry)
Mandarin · pinyin Xīn#
Meanings · Xīn
- abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆 Xīn jiāng
- abbr. for Singapore 新加坡 Xīn jiā pō
- surname Xin
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- 新
- xīn · new, recent, fresh, modern
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Mandarin tones
1 · xin1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
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Cantonese word readings for 新. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- new; fresh
- new; unused
- recently or just married
- the new
- to make new
- newly; freshly; recently
- (chemistry) neo-
- a surname, Xin
- (～朝) Xin dynasty
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 新疆 (Xīnjiāng, “Xinjiang”)
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 新加坡 (Xīnjiāpō, “Singapore”)
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 新西蘭／新西兰 (Xīnxīlán, “New Zealand”)
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