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全新 (quán xīn) — brand new, completely new

Definition

Focuses on the thing itself being entirely new (a 全新的手机, a brand-new phone). 新型 and 新式 describe a new type or style; 崭新 is a close synonym but more literary.

adjective
brand newcompletely new

Examples

  • 全新。
    Gōng sī tuī chū le yì kuǎn quán xīn de shǒu jī.
    The company launched a brand new phone.
  • 全新。
    Wǒ men yào dǎ zào yí gè quán xīn de tuán duì.
    We want to build a completely new team.
  • 全新。
    Zhè tào quán xīn de shè bèi ràng shēng chǎn xiào lǜ tí gāo le.
    This brand new equipment improved production efficiency.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

全quáncompletely
新xīnnew

全 means 'completely' and 新 means 'new', so it stresses that something is new in every way.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape puts 入 together with 玉 to show a whole piece of jade, so it means complete or whole.

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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.

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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