新居

Chinese

		new; newly; meso- (chem.)	reside
trad. (新居)		新	居
simp. ^#(新居)		新	居

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīnjū

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄐㄩ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ geoi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīnjū
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄐㄩ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sinjyu
  - Wade–Giles: hsin¹-chü¹
  - Yale: syīn-jyū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinjiu
  - Palladius: синьцзюй (sinʹczjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: san¹ geoi¹
  - Yale: sān gēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ goey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ gêu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ kɵy̯⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    故居
    新居

Noun

新居

new residence; new home (new either as a building or to the resident(s))

Antonyms

故居 (gùjū)
舊居／旧居 (jiùjū)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
新	居
しん Grade: 2	きょ Grade: 5
on'yomi	kan'on

Etymology

Either from Middle Chinese compound 新居 (MC sin kjo, literally “new + residence”), or coined independently in Japanese of Middle Chinese-derived elements as a compound of 新 (shin, “new”) +‎ 居 (kyo, “residence”).

First cited to a text from 1403.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しんきょ [shíꜜǹkyò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋʲkʲo̞]

Noun

新(しん)居(きょ) • (shinkyo)

[from 1403] a new house, a new home, either one that has been built new or that has been moved into recently
Antonym: 旧居 (kyūkyo, literally “old residence”)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN