新型 (xīn xíng) — new type, new kind | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

新型 highlights a new TYPE or category of thing, often with an innovative twist. 全新 means 'completely new from scratch' (强调全新); 新式 focuses on style or design.

adjective

new typenew kind

Examples

新型。
Zhè jiā gōng sī tuī chū le xīn xíng chǎn pǐn.
This company has launched a new type of product.
新型。
Kē xué jiā zhèng zài kāi fā xīn xíng néng yuán.
Scientists are developing a new type of energy.
新型。
Zhè zhǒng xīn xíng cái liào fēi cháng jiān gù.
This new type of material is very sturdy.

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

型xíngtype

The ideas of 新 (new) and 型 (type) combine to mean a new kind or type.

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.

刑土型

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

刑

刑xíng型xíng

Same sound today

型 pairs 土 (earth) with 刑, which supplies the sound; the shape shows an earthen mold, hence form or pattern.

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