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"New Yorker" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
全新 quán xīn all new / completely new syn
新生 xīn shēng new / newborn / emerging / nascent / rebirth / regeneration / new life / new student syn
创新 創新 chuàng xīn to bring forth new ideas / to blaze new trails / innovation syn
新型 xīn xíng new type / new kind syn
焕然一新 煥然一新 huàn rán yī xīn to look completely new (idiom) / brand new / changed beyond recognition syn
新款 xīn kuǎn new style / latest fashion / new model syn
开拓 開拓 kāi tuò to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons) syn
新颖 新穎 xīn yǐng lit. new bud / fig. new and original syn
新纪元 新紀元 xīn jì yuán new era / new epoch syn
新居 xīn jū new residence / new home
生手 shēng shǒu novice / new hand / sb new to a job syn
新版 xīn bǎn new edition / new version
新政 xīn zhèng new policy / New Deal (Roosevelt's 1933 policy to deal with the Great Depression) syn
喜新厌旧 喜新厭舊 xǐ xīn yàn jiù lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom) / fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old syn
拜年 bài nián to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year syn
新知 xīn zhī new knowledge / new friend syn
少壮派 少壯派 shào zhuàng pài young guard / young and vigorous group with new ideas / new wave
簇新 cù xīn brand-new / spanking new syn
换代 換代 huàn dài to transition to a new dynasty or regime / to replace an older product with an upgraded, new-generation one syn
贺岁 賀歲 hè suì to extend New Year's greetings / to pay a New Year's visit syn
迎新 yíng xīn to see in the New Year / to welcome new guests / by extension, to receive new students
雨后春笋 雨後春筍 yǔ hòu chūn sǔn lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom) / fig. rapid new growth / many new things emerge in rapid succession syn
别开生面 別開生面 bié kāi shēng miàn to start sth new or original (idiom) / to break a new path / to break fresh ground syn
因势利导 因勢利導 yīn shì lì dǎo to take advantage of the new situation (idiom) / to make the best of new opportunities syn
新风 新風 xīn fēng new trend / new custom syn
新欢 新歡 xīn huān new flame / new lover
春节联欢晚会 春節聯歡晚會 chūn jié lián huān wǎn huì CCTV New Year's Gala, Chinese New Year special / abbr. to 春晚[Chun1 Wan3]
长江后浪推前浪 長江後浪推前浪 cháng jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom) / fig. the new is constantly replacing the old / each new generation excels the previous / (of things) to be constantly evolving
新芽 xīn yá new shoot / new sprout
新民主主义革命 新民主主義革命 xīn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì gé mìng (Maoism) New Democracy (aka New Democratic Revolution) syn
守岁 守歲 shǒu suì to see in the New Year / to stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve
履新 lǚ xīn (of an official) to take up a new post / (literary) to celebrate the New Year syn
旧年 舊年 jiù nián last year / the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar) syn
纳新 納新 nà xīn to accept the new / to take fresh (air) / fig. to accept new members (to reinvigorate the party) / new blood
项英 項英 xiàng yīng Xiang Ying (1898-1941), communist general involved in forming the New Fourth Army 新四軍|新四军[Xin1 si4 jun1], killed in 1941 during the New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變|皖南事变[Wan3 nan2 Shi4 bian4]
峰回路转 峰回路轉 fēng huí lù zhuǎn the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) / (of a mountain road) twisting and turning / fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly / things have taken a new turn syn
的 de of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3tang2r5de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs syn
新 xīn new / newly / meso- (chemistry) syn
纽约 紐約 niǔ yuē New York
出场 出場 chū chǎng (of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform / (of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete / (fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product) / (of an examinee etc) to leave the venue syn
曼哈顿 曼哈頓 màn hā dùn Manhattan island / Manhattan borough of New York City
百老汇 百老匯 bǎi lǎo huì Broadway (New York City)
新年 xīn nián New Year / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
新泽西 新澤西 xīn zé xī New Jersey, US state
新人 xīn rén newcomer / fresh talent / newlywed, esp. new bride / bride and groom / (paleoanthropology) Homo sapiens syn
布鲁克林 布魯克林 bù lǔ kè lín Brooklyn, borough of New York City
登场 登場 dēng chǎng to go on stage / fig. to appear on the scene / used in advertising to mean new product syn
革命 gé mìng to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning) / revolution / revolutionary / to revolt (against sb or sth) / to revolutionize (sth) / (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) / CL:次[ci4] syn
崭新 嶄新 zhǎn xīn brand new syn
新奥尔良 新奧爾良 xīn ào ěr liáng New Orleans, Louisiana
时报 時報 shí bào "Times" (newspaper, e.g. New York Times)
更新 gēng xīn to replace the old with new / to renew / to renovate / to upgrade / to update / to regenerate syn
普林斯顿 普林斯頓 pǔ lín sī dùn Princeton, New Jersey
替补 替補 tì bǔ to replace (a damaged component with a new one, an injured player with a substitute player, full-time workers with casual workers etc) / a substitute / a replacement
华尔街 華爾街 huá ěr jiē Wall Street, New York / by extension, American big business
新手 xīn shǒu new hand / novice / raw recruit syn
上市 shàng shì to hit the market (of a new product) / to float (a company on the stock market) syn
新兵 xīn bīng new (army) recruit syn
纽约州 紐約州 niǔ yuē zhōu New York state
新书 新書 xīn shū new book
新墨西哥州 xīn mò xī gē zhōu New Mexico, US state
开学 開學 kāi xué (of a student) to start school / (of a semester) to begin / (old) to found a school / the start of a new term syn
刮目相看 guā mù xiāng kàn to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth / to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc) syn
新西兰 新西蘭 xīn xī lán New Zealand
新星 xīn xīng (astronomy) nova / (fig.) new star / rising star syn
新奇 xīn qí novel / new / exotic syn
悉尼 xī ní Sydney, capital of New South Wales, Australia
奥克兰 奧克蘭 ào kè lán Auckland (New Zealand city) / Oakland (California, US city)
新任 xīn rèn newly-appointed / newly elected / new (in a political office) syn
切换 切換 qiē huàn to switch over / to switch modes or data streams / to cut (to a new scene)
德里 dé lǐ Delhi / New Delhi, capital of India / same as 新德里[Xin1 De2 li3]
曙光 shǔ guāng the first light of dawn / (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period / a new beginning syn
新意 xīn yì new idea syn
新式 xīn shì new style / latest type syn
除夕 chú xī lunar New Year's Eve syn
脱胎换骨 脫胎換骨 tuō tāi huàn gǔ to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom) / born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly / to create from other material (story, artwork etc) syn
升迁 升遷 shēng qiān to advance to a higher-level position / to be promoted to a higher position in a new department syn
拐弯 拐彎 guǎi wān to go round a curve / to turn a corner / fig. a new direction syn
刷新 shuā xīn to renovate / to refurbish / to refresh (computer window) / to write a new page (in history) / to break (a record) syn
移居 yí jū to migrate / to move to a new place of residence syn
泰山 tài shān Tarzan (fictional character reared by apes in the jungle) / Taishan township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan syn
再造 zài zào to give a new lease of life / to reconstruct / to reform / to rework / to recycle / to reproduce (copies, or offspring) / restoration / restructuring syn
改邪归正 改邪歸正 gǎi xié guī zhèng to mend one's ways (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf syn
新陈代谢 新陳代謝 xīn chén dài xiè metabolism (biology) / the new replaces the old (idiom)
转型 轉型 zhuǎn xíng to undergo fundamental change / to transition / to transform / to update (to a new model of product)
惠灵顿 惠靈頓 huì líng dùn Wellington, capital of New Zealand
创下 創下 chuàng xià to establish / to set (a new record) syn
新房 xīn fáng brand new house / bridal chamber syn
西贡 西貢 xī gòng Saigon, capital of former South Vietnam / Sai Kung town in New Territories, Hong Kong
踏足 tà zú to set foot on (a foreign land etc) / to tread / (fig.) to enter (a new sphere) syn
新约 新約 xīn yuē New Testament syn
新秀 xīn xiù rising star / new talent syn
后起之秀 後起之秀 hòu qǐ zhī xiù (idiom) an up-and-coming youngster / new talent / a brilliant younger generation syn
出任 chū rèn to take up a post / to start in a new job syn
新建 xīn jiàn new construction / newly built
重整旗鼓 chóng zhěng qí gǔ lit. to reorganize flags and drums (idiom) / to regroup after a setback / to prepare for new initiatives / to attempt a comeback
招生 zhāo shēng to enroll new students / to get students syn
新词 新詞 xīn cí new expression / neologism
新德里 xīn dé lǐ New Delhi, capital of India
摇身一变 搖身一變 yáo shēn yī biàn to change shape in a single shake / fig. to take on a new lease of life syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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