new / newly / meso- (chemistry)

old / opposite: new 新 / former / worn (with age)

to replace the old with new / to renew / to renovate / to upgrade / to update / to regenerate

to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails / innovation

lit. new bud / fig. new and original

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

to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons)

brand new

daily renewal, monthly change (idiom) / every day sees new developments / rapid progress

one's thoughts / mind / intention / willingness to accept new ideas / baseless suspicions

money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve

to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)

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)

Zhonghe or Chungho city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan

new hand / novice / raw recruit

to hit the market (of a new product) / to float (a company on the stock market)

all new / completely new

Tarzan (fictional character reared by apes in the jungle) / Taishan township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan

military practice, esp. for reservists or new recruits / military training as a (sometimes compulsory) subject in schools and colleges / drill

newcomer / fresh talent / newlywed, esp. new bride / bride and groom / (paleoanthropology) Homo sapiens

new edition / new version

New Year / CL: 個｜个

new construction / newly built

new style / latest fashion / new model

to renovate / to refurbish / to refresh (computer window) / to write a new page (in history) / to break (a record)

Tamsui or Danshui, district of New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan

to enroll new students / to get students

new low

New Year's Day

Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)

"Times" (newspaper, e.g. New York Times)

brand new house / bridal chamber

New Zealand

the beginning of Spring / the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day

first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school

(computing) to jump to (a new location in a hypertext document)

to go beyond the border; to be transboundary / (fig.) to transition to a new field of endeavor; to be interdisciplinary

New York

foundation of a University or College / school opening / the start of a new term

Binhai (place name) / Binhai New District, subprovincial district of Tianjin / Binhai county in Yancheng 鹽城｜盐城, Jiangsu / fictitious city Binhai in political satire / Primorsky, a territory in the far east of Russia

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

to undergo a transformation; to morph; to turn into / transformed version of sb or sth; new incarnation

dawn / fig. the dawn of a new era

Nanhui former district of Shanghai, now in Pudong New District 浦東新區｜浦东新区, Shanghai

2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year

new housing development

Wanli township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan

new residence / new home

(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

New Caledonia

to go on stage / fig. to appear on the scene / used in advertising to mean new product

new high

annual leave / New Year holidays

Manhattan island / Manhattan borough of New York City

(of liquid) to spill out; to overflow / (of gas) to leak out / (fig.) to spill over; to spread (to new areas) / (fig.) (of wealth etc) to drain; to flow outward (esp. overseas) / (fig.) (of talent) to show; to be revealed

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)

Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽｜瞿塘峡, Wuxia Gorge 巫峽｜巫峡 and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽｜西陵峡 / Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan

novel; new; exotic

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)

Sydney, capital of New South Wales, Australia

Yonghe or Yungho city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan

maid escorting bride to new home / concubine

resurrection / rebirth / reinvigorated / rejuvenated / a new lease of life

to see in the New Year / to welcome new guests / by extension, to receive new students

new trend / new custom

Dabu County in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong / Tai Po district of New Territories, Hong Kong / Dabu or Tabu Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣｜嘉义县, west Taiwan

to take up a post; to start in a new job

new moon / crescent

new style / latest type

newly-appointed / newly elected / new (in a political office)

Linkou county in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang / Linkou township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan

lunar New Year's Eve

Auckland (New Zealand city) / Oakland (California, US city)

daybreak / dawn / the dawn of a new epoch (metaphor) / Taiwan pr. [shu4]

(polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday)

to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context) / to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation) / to borrow (a phrase) / (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc)

New Guinea

New Guinea

to compile anew / new (version) / newly set up (part of an organization)

Yuen Long town in northwest New Territories, Hong Kong

Wellington, capital of New Zealand

New Territories (in Hong Kong)

New Orleans, Louisiana

Sha Tin town in New Territories, Hong Kong

Jinshan suburban district of Shanghai / Jinshan or Chinshan township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan

New Jersey, US state

white paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation) / white book

New Delhi, capital of India

Shulin city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan

rising star; new talent

new policy / New Deal (Roosevelt's 1933 policy to deal with the Great Depression)

Princeton, New Jersey

Tucheng city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan

new (army) recruit

(increased) passenger transportation around Chinese New Year

to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc) / (of a locality) to have a transportation service / (Tw) to commute

Binhai New District, subprovincial district of Tianjin

merchandise sold for Chinese New Year

new shoot; new sprout

to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects) / to recall the past to understand the future