新 (xīn) means New (fresh - up-to-date - newly-wed). Below are 24 of the 31 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他买了一件 新 衣服。
Tā mǎi le yí jiàn xīn yīfu.
He bought a new piece of clothing.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 新
老师在讲 新 课。
Lǎoshī zài jiǎng xīn kè.
The teacher is teaching a new lesson.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 讲
朋友送我一本 新 书。
Péngyou sòng wǒ yì běn xīn shū.
A friend gave me a new book.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 送
我想买一条 新 裤子。
Wǒ xiǎng mǎi yì tiáo xīn kùzi.
I want to buy a new pair of trousers.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 裤子
新 来的校长很年轻。
Xīn lái de xiàozhǎng hěn niánqīng.
The new principal is very young.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 校长
我每天晚上看 新 闻。
Wǒ měi tiān wǎnshang kàn xīnwén.
I watch the news every evening.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 新闻
早上的空气很 新 鲜。
Zǎoshang de kōngqì hěn xīnxiān.
The air is fresh in the morning.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 新鲜
他买了一个 新 笔记本。
Tā mǎi le yí gè xīn bǐjìběn.
He bought a new notebook.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 笔记本
老师给我们发了 新 书。
Lǎoshī gěi wǒmen fā le xīn shū.
The teacher handed out new books to us.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 发
超市里的面包很 新 鲜。
Chāoshì lǐ de miànbāo hěn xīnxiān.
The bread in the supermarket is very fresh.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 面包
From the graded readers
我很喜欢我的 新 衣服。
wǒ hěn xǐhuan wǒ de(possessive) xīn yīfu.
I really like my new clothes.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
路两边盖起了很多 新 房子。
lù liǎngbian gài qǐle hěnduō xīnfáng zǐ.
New buildings had gone up on both sides.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
这个月我搬到了一个 新 房间。
zhège yuè wǒ bāndào le / liǎo / liào yīgè xīnfáng jiān.
This month I moved into a new room.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My New Room
新 工作的收入只有原来的一半。
xīn gōngzuò de / dì shōurù zhǐyǒu yuánlái de / dì yībàn.
The new job paid half what the old one had.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
新 房子比原来的小一点儿，不过窗户大，光线好。
xīnfáng zǐ bǐ yuánlái de / dì xiǎo yīdiǎn ér, búguò chuāng hù dà, guāngxiàn hǎo / hào.
The new place is a little smaller, but the windows are big and the light is good.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
第一次写错了一个字，她觉得不好看，就重 新 写了一遍。
dìyīcì xiě cuò le / liǎo / liào yīgè zì, tā juéde bùhǎo kàn / kān, jiù chóngxīn xiěle yī biàn.
The first time she'd got one character wrong, thought it looked untidy, and written the whole thing again.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother
三十岁生日那天，我做了一个决定：我要重 新 开始学画画。
sānshí suì shēngrì nà / nèi tiān, wǒ zuòle yīgè juédìng: wǒ yāo chóngxīn kāishǐ xué huà huà.
On my thirtieth birthday I made a decision: I was going to start learning to paint again.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
然后我做了一件我自己都没想到的事：我笑着说，“对不起，我太紧张了，我们重 新 开始。”
ránhòu wǒ zuòle yíjiàn wǒ zìjǐ dōu méi xiǎngdào de / dì shì: wǒ xiào zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó shuō," duìbuqǐ, wǒ tài jǐnzhāng le / liǎo / liào, wǒmen chóngxīn kāishǐ."
Then I did something I hadn't expected of myself: I smiled and said, "Sorry, I'm too nervous — let's start again."
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
From the travel phrasebook
新 appears in 31 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 新
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 新
How is 新 used in a sentence?
This page shows 31 sentences using 新 (xīn, "New (fresh - up-to-date - newly-wed)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 新 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 新 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 新 an HSK word?
Yes — 新 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 新?
The dictionary page for 新 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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