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新鲜感 (xīn xiān gǎn) — sense of novelty; freshness

Definition

noun
sense of noveltyfreshness

Examples

  • 新鲜感。
    Zhè fèn gōng zuò gěi le tā yì zhǒng xīn de xīn xiān gǎn.
    This job gave her a new sense of novelty.
  • 新鲜感。
    Bǎo chí hūn yīn zhōng de xīn xiān gǎn xū yào shuāng fāng gòng tóng nǔ lì.
    Maintaining freshness in a marriage requires joint effort from both sides.
  • 新鲜感。
    Tā duì zhè zuò chéng shì zǎo jiù shī qù le xīn xiān gǎn.
    He lost his sense of novelty for this city long ago.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

新鲜fresh
新xīnnew鲜xiānfresh
联合Coordinate
感gǎnfeeling

新鲜 means 'fresh/novel' and 感 means 'feeling', together naming a feeling of novelty.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
斤斤jīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
辛
辛xīn新xīn
Same sound today

The shape originally paired 斤, for chopping wood, with 辛 for sound. It was borrowed for its sound to write 新, so the chopping-wood parts are unrelated to 'new'.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 鮮; 鲜 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
魚魚yúfish
Sound part声符shēngfú
羴
羴shān鮮xiān
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 鮮 pairs 魚 (fish) with 羴, which gives the sound; this note is about 鮮, not 鲜.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
咸
咸xián感gǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

感 pairs 咸, which gives the sound, with 心, the heart, for feeling.

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