新人

Chinese

new; newly; meso- (chem.) man; person; people
trad. (新人)
simp. #(新人)
alternative forms 新儂新侬 Min Nan colloquial

Pronunciation


Note: san1 jan4-2 - “bride”.
Note:
  • sin-lâng - colloquial;
  • sin-lîn/sin-jîn - literary.
    • (Teochew)
      • Peng'im: sing1 nang5 / sêng1 nang5
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sing nâng / seng nâng
      • Sinological IPA (key): /siŋ³³⁻²³ naŋ⁵⁵/, /seŋ³³⁻²³ naŋ⁵⁵/
Note:
  • sing1 nang5 - Shantou;
  • sêng1 nang5 - Jieyang.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (16) (38)
Final () (43) (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/siɪn/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/sin/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen
/sjen/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sin/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong
/siĕn/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li
/sĭĕn/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/si̯ĕn/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xīn rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
san1 jan4

Noun

新人

  1. (literary) newly married wife (as opposed to the previous wife)
  2. (literary) newly married concubine
  3. (literary) newly married husband (as opposed to the previous husband)
  4. newly married couple; newlyweds; bride and groom (Classifier: m c)
  5. bride
  6. (Dongsheng Jin; Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwanese Hokkien) bridegroom
  7. new lover
  8. new personality; new talent
  9. newcomer
  10. new person; person who has turned over a new leaf and is making a fresh start
  11. (Mainland China) people of a new type; people with new ethics; people in the spirit of the times
  12. (anthropology) Homo sapiens sapiens

Synonyms

  • (bride):
  • (bridegroom):
  • (newcomer): (Cantonese) 新仔

Derived terms

  • 新人王
  • 新人轎新人轿
  • 見了新人忘舊人见了新人忘旧人
  • 長江後浪催前浪,一代新人換舊人长江后浪催前浪,一代新人换旧人

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 2
じん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

    Noun

    (しん)(じん) (shinjin) 

    1. new face, newcomer

    References

    1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

    Korean

    Hanja in this term

    Noun

    新人 (sinin) (hangeul 신인)

    1. Hanja form? of 신인 (new face, newcomer).
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