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新兴 (xīn xīng) — emerging; rising; newly developing (of markets, industries, technologies, etc.)

Definition

Used for industries, technologies, and markets that are newly developing and growing fast. Unlike 新生, which is about literal or figurative 'new life' (a newborn, a fresh start), 新兴 specifically signals a rising sector with momentum.

adjective
emergingrisingnewly developing (of markets, industries, technologies, etc.)

Examples

  • 新兴。
    Zhè ge chéng shì yǒu hěn duō xīn xīng qǐ yè.
    This city has many emerging enterprises.
  • 新兴。
    xīn xīng Chǎn yè xū yào dà liàng rén cái.
    Emerging industries need a lot of talent.
  • 新兴。
    Tā men tóu zī le xīn xīng néng yuán lǐng yù.
    They invested in the emerging energy sector.

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.

新xīnnew
兴xīngrise

The ideas of 新 (new) and 兴 (rise) combine to mean newly rising or emerging.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 興; 兴 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 興 shows four hands lifting an object; the simplified 兴 is not the form described.

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