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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *的* | 的* | *的
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 "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *新* | 新* | *新
new / newly / meso- (chemistry)
HSK 1
New Year / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
(of a student) to start school / (of a semester) to begin / (old) to found a school / the start of a new term
HSK 2
Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
HSK 2
new word (in textbook) / word that is unfamiliar or not yet studied / CL: 組|组, 個|个
HSK 2
to celebrate the Chinese New Year
HSK 2
to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails / innovation
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *旧* | 旧* | *旧
old / opposite: new / former / worn (with age)
HSK 3
new type; new kind
HSK 4
New Year's Day
HSK 5
to replace the old with new / to renew / to renovate / to upgrade / to update / to regenerate
HSK 5
to enroll new students / to get students
HSK 5
lunar New Year's Eve
HSK 5
by the end of the year / at the end of the year; shortly before New Year
HSK 5
all new; completely new
HSK 6
to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)
HSK 6
(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
HSK 6
to hit the market (of a new product) / to float (a company on the stock market)
HSK 6
newcomer; new recruit; fresh talent / newlywed, esp. new bride / newlywed couple; bride and groom / (paleoanthropology) later-period Homo sapiens
HSK 6
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 noun的命) / CL:
HSK 7-9
to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year
HSK 7-9
to take up a post; to start in a new job
HSK 7-9
new hand / novice / raw recruit
HSK 7-9
to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc) / (of a locality) to have a transportation service / (Tw) to commute
HSK 7-9
new / newborn / emerging / nascent / rebirth / regeneration / new life / new student
HSK 7-9
to renovate / to refurbish / to refresh (computer window) / to write a new page (in history) / to break (a record)
HSK 7-9
to undergo fundamental change; to transition; to transform / to update (to a new model of product)
HSK 7-9
to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons)
HSK 7-9
new style; latest type
HSK 7-9
lit. new bud / fig. new and original
HSK 7-9
the first light of dawn / (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period; a new beginning
HSK 7-9
brand new house / bridal chamber
HSK 7-9
to go round a curve / to turn a corner / fig. a new direction
HSK 7-9
daily renewal, monthly change (idiom) / every day sees new developments / rapid progress
HSK 7-9
to mend one's ways (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf
HSK 7-9
metabolism (biology) / the new replaces the old (idiom)
HSK 7-9
novel; new; exotic
HSK 7-9
reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year tradition)
HSK 7-9
half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk
HSK 7-9
brand new
HSK 7-9
new style / latest fashion / new model
HSK 7-9
one's thoughts / mind / intention / willingness to accept new ideas / baseless suspicions
HSK 7-9
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
HSK 7-9
New Year (Spring Festival) picture
HSK 7-9
Pingxi or Pinghsi township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
to look completely new (idiom); brand new / changed beyond recognition
Xindian or Hsintien city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
Sydney, capital of New South Wales, Australia
to replace with sth new / to upgrade
(of a family) to come together at lunar New Year's Eve / family reunion at New Year's
nouveau riche / upstart / new appointee
to turn over a new leaf
Guo Quan, formerly Professor of Nanjing Normal University, sacked after founding New People's Party of China 中國新民黨|中国新民党
(computing) to jump to (a new location in a hypertext document)
to bring in the new (idiom); new directions, different creation
to remain forever new (idiom)
to prolong life; to extend one's lifespan; (fig.) to enable sth to keep going; to give sth a new lease on life
Zhonghe or Chungho city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
merchandise sold for Chinese New Year
new high
New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895)
New Caledonia
splitcharactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *IP* | IP* | *IP
intellectual property (in China, esp. since 2015, often used as an entertainment industry term for a creative work used as the basis of a new product, such as a manga adapted as a tv series, or the image of a cartoon character appearing on merchandise)
New Jersey, US state
Delhi / New Delhi, capital of India / same as 新德里
New Guinea
to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects) / to recall the past to understand the future
to gather around the stove / (Tw) to come together for a family dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve
Pinglin township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
Ke Shaomin (1850-1933), scholar, author of New History of the Yuan Dynasty 新元史
New Delhi, capital of India
Jinguashi, town in Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, noted for its historic gold and copper mines, used as a prisoner-of-war camp by the Japanese (1942-1945)
lit. to renew one's face and wash one's heart (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways / to turn over a new leaf
fresh troops / (fig.) lifeblood / new force
to go on stage / fig. to appear on the scene / used in advertising to mean new product
Aldous Huxley (1894–1963), British novelist and author of "Brave New World" 美麗新世界|美丽新世界
empty cave, nothing there (idiom); devoid of substance / nothing new to show
to switch over / to switch modes or data streams / to cut (to a new scene)
new construction / newly built
scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students
Spring Festival couplet (the first line of which is pasted on the right side of a doorway at New Year, and the second on the left side)
new edition / new version
Greymouth, town in New Zealand / also written 格雷默斯
"Times" (newspaper, e.g. New York Times)
new policy / New Deal (Roosevelt's 1933 policy to deal with the Great Depression)
2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year
Linkou township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
to extend New Year's greetings / to pay a New Year's visit
Shimen or Shihmen township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
Tamsui or Danshui, district of New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
(coll.) the night before lunisolar New Year's Eve / (Tw) the night before New Year's Eve (either lunisolar or Gregorian) / (old) Little New Year's Eve (the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunisolar month, when people offer sacrifices to the kitchen god)
car with a new type of propulsion system (hybrid, hydrogen-powered etc)
The Bronx, borough of New York City
New York
the beginning of Spring / the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day
rising star; new talent
first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school
Islands District of the New Territories, Hong Kong
lunar New Year's Eve

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