新人
Chinese
new; newly; meso- (chem.) | man; person; people | ||
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trad. (新人) | 新 | 人 | |
simp. #(新人) | 新 | 人 | |
alternative forms | 新儂/新侬 Min Nan colloquial |
Pronunciation
Noun
新人
- (literary) newly married wife (as opposed to the previous wife)
- (literary) newly married concubine
- (literary) newly married husband (as opposed to the previous husband)
- newly married couple; newlyweds; bride and groom (Classifier: 對/对 m c)
- bride
- (Dongsheng Jin; Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwanese Hokkien) bridegroom
- new lover
- new personality; new talent
- newcomer
- new person; person who has turned over a new leaf and is making a fresh start
- (Mainland China) people of a new type; people with new ethics; people in the spirit of the times
- (anthropology) Homo sapiens sapiens
Synonyms
- (bride):
Dialectal synonyms of 新娘 (“bride”) [map]
- (bridegroom):
Dialectal synonyms of 新郎 (“bridegroom”) [map]
- (newcomer): (Cantonese) 新仔
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