新编 (xīn biān) — newly compiled version; new edition

Definition

新编 (xīn biān) is an attributive noun meaning 'newly compiled' or 'new edition' — used to describe a book or text that has been freshly organized or revised. Typically placed before a noun (新编词典) or after 它/这本 as a shorthand.

noun

newly compiled versionnew edition

Examples

新编。
Zhè běn xīn biān de cí diǎn shōu lù le hěn duō xīn cí.
This newly compiled dictionary includes many new words.
新编。
Lǎo shī ràng wǒ men mǎi xīn biān de jiào cái.
The teacher asked us to buy the new edition of the textbook.
新编。
Zhè běn xīn biān shōu lù le zuì xīn de yán jiū chéng guǒ.
This new compilation includes the latest research results.

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

编biāncompilation

The term pairs 新, meaning new, with 编, a compilation, to refer to a newly compiled edition.

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'.

Open 新 →

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 編; 编 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìthread

Sound part声符shēngfú

扁

扁biǎn編biān

Same sound today

The traditional form 編 pairs 糸 (thread), for knitting a book together, with 扁 as the sound part; the simplified 编 is only a shorthand.

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