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新能源

xīnnéngyuán

new energy

A wind turbine and a solar panel on a green hill
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

能 néng

Strokes
10
Radical
⺼ — meat, flesh
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

源 yuán

Strokes
13
Radical
氵 — water
Made of
氵 water 原 source, origin, beginning
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 源

Example phrases

  • 新能源汽车的普及正在改变传统能源结构。 Xīnnéngyuán qìchē de pǔjí zhèngzài gǎibiàn chuántǒng néngyuán jiégòu. The spread of new-energy vehicles is changing the traditional energy structure.
  • 这个村子用风力和太阳能这样的新能源发电。 Zhège cūnzi yòng fēnglì hé tàiyángnéng zhèyàng de xīnnéngyuán fādiàn. This village generates power from new energy sources such as wind and solar.
  • 开发新能源可以减少空气污染,让城市的天空更蓝。 Kāifā xīnnéngyuán kěyǐ jiǎnshǎo kōngqì wūrǎn, ràng chéngshì de tiānkōng gèng lán. Developing new energy can reduce air pollution and make the city sky bluer.

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