新生

Chinese

new; newly; meso- (chem.)
to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
trad. (新生)
simp. #(新生)

Pronunciation


Etymology 1

Verb

新生

  1. to be born again; to be reborn; (figurative) to be revived

Adjective

新生

  1. (attributive) newborn; recently born
  2. (attributive) recent; occurred or surfaced a short while ago; nascent; emerging
Derived terms

Noun

新生

  1. new life

Etymology 2

Noun

新生

  1. new student
    新生陸續報到 [MSC, trad.]
    新生陆续报到 [MSC, simp.]
    Xīnshēng lùxù lái bàodào. [Pinyin]
    New students are arriving one after another to register.
Derived terms
  • 招生 (zhāoshēng)
  • 新生訓練 / 新生训练

Etymology 3

Proper noun

新生

  1. () an urban village in Tamsui district, New Taipei City, Taiwan
  2. () Xinsheng (a village in Sandouping, Yiling district, Yichang, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 2
せい
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んせー [shìńséé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕĩɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

(しん)(せい) • (shinsei

  1. rebirth
  2. a new birth
  3. a new life

Derived terms

Verb

(しん)(せい)する • (shinsei suruintransitive suru (stem (しん)(せい) (shinsei shi), past (しん)(せい)した (shinsei shita))

  1. be reborn

Conjugation

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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN