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新鲜

xīnxiān

fresh

HSK 4 · Topic “Food and taste”
A fresh cucumber beside a wilted one
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

鲜 xiān

Strokes
14
Radical
鱼 — fish
Made of
鱼 fish 羊 sheep, goat
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 水果很新鲜。 Shuǐguǒ hěn xīnxiān. The fruit is very fresh.
  • 这鱼很新鲜。 Zhè yú hěn xīnxiān. This fish is very fresh.
  • 新鲜空气真好。 Xīnxiān kōngqì zhēn hǎo. Fresh air is really nice.

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