新鮮

See also: 新鲜

Chinese

new; newly; meso- (chem.) few; rare; fresh
trad. (新鮮)
simp. (新鲜)

Pronunciation


Adjective

新鮮

  1. (of food, air, etc.) fresh
    今天蔬菜非常新鮮 [MSC, trad.]
    今天蔬菜非常新鲜 [MSC, simp.]
    Jīntiān de shūcài fēicháng xīnxiān. [Pinyin]
    Today's vegetables are very fresh.
    呼吸新鮮空氣呼吸新鲜空气   hūxī xīnxiān kōngqì   to breathe in fresh air
  2. (of an experience) new; novel
    這裡接觸這麼新鮮事物真是大開眼界 [MSC, trad.]
    这里接触这么新鲜事物真是大开眼界 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ zài zhèlǐ jiēchù le zhème duō de xīnxiān shìwù, wǒ zhēnshì dàkāiyǎnjiè. [Pinyin]
    I have come into contact with so many new things here — it's been really eye-opening.
  3. brightly coloured
  4. rare; unusual; odd; strange

Synonyms

  • (fresh):
  • (new):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (新鮮):
  • Japanese: 新鮮(しんせん) (shinsen)
  • Korean: 신선(新鮮) (sinseon)

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 2
せん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) んせん [shìńséń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [ɕĩɰ̃sẽ̞ɴ]

    Adjective

    (しん)(せん) • (shinsen) -na (adnominal (しん)(せん) (shinsen na), adverbial (しん)(せん) (shinsen ni))

    1. fresh

    Inflection

    Noun

    (しん)(せん) • (shinsen) 

    1. freshness

    References

    1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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