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新生 (xīn shēng) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 7

新生 (xīn shēng) is a Chinese word: newborn. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 新生

形 xíng adjective

newborn

这是一个新生的国家。

zhè shì yí ge xīn shēng de guó jiā

This is a newborn nation.

名 míng noun

new student; freshman

我们学校今年招收了五百名新生。

wǒ men xué xiào jīn nián zhāo shōu le wǔ bǎi míng xīn shēng

Our school enrolled 500 new students this year.

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Word breakdown

新 xīn — new, fresh, recent

生 shēng — student (short for 学生)

Structure & writing
1 新 xīn — opposite of 'old/worn': ① newly appearing; just experienced ② freshly made or produced; unused ③ changed from what it was before
新 is a component in 1 characters

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2 生 shēng — to be born; to give birth
生 is a component in 7 characters

生 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

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