新 xīn▶ nuevo

Stroke order

新 is written in 13 strokes.

• 新

Senses

1. new
2. newly
3. meso- (chemistry)

Example sentences

• 我买了一本新书。Wǒ mǎi le yì běn xīn shū.I bought a new book.
• 这个电脑是新的。Zhège diànnǎo shì xīn de.This computer is new.

Related words

• 新闻noticias
• 新鲜fresco
• 重新de nuevo; otra vez
• 创新innovar
• 崭新Completamente nuevo
• 新娘Novia

新 is pronounced xīn and means “nuevo”. You will meet it in HSK 2, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 新 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.