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新娘

xīnniáng

bride

HSK 4 · Topic “Family and marriage”
A bride holding a flower
Memory picture

Characters in this word

新 xīn

Strokes
13
Radical
斤 — axe
Made of
亲 relatives, parents 斤 axe
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

娘 niáng

Strokes
10
Radical
女 — woman, girl
Made of
女 woman, girl 良 good, virtuous, respectable
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 娘

Example phrases

  • 新娘很漂亮。 Xīnniáng hěn piàoliang. The bride is very beautiful.
  • 新娘来了。 Xīnniáng lái le. The bride is here.
  • 大家祝福新娘。 Dàjiā zhùfú xīnniáng. Everyone gives the bride their best wishes.

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