Chinese

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new; newly; meso- (chem.)
to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
trad. (新生)
simp. #(新生)

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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新生

  1. to be born again; to be reborn; (figurative) to be revived

Adjective

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新生

  1. (attributive) newborn; recently born
  2. (attributive) recent; occurred or surfaced a short while ago; nascent; emerging
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Noun

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新生

  1. new life

Etymology 2

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Noun

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新生

  1. new student
    新生陸續報到 [MSC, trad.]
    新生陆续报到 [MSC, simp.]
    Xīnshēng lùxù lái bàodào. [Pinyin]
    New students are arriving one after another to register.
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Etymology 3

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Proper noun

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新生

  1. () An urban village in Tamsui district, New Taipei, Taiwan
  2. () Xinsheng (a village in Sandouping, Yiling district, Yichang, Hubei, China)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 2
せい
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(しん)(せい) (shinsei

  1. rebirth
  2. a new birth
  3. a new life

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Verb

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(しん)(せい)する (shinsei suruintransitive suru (stem (しん)(せい) (shinsei shi), past (しん)(せい)した (shinsei shita))

  1. be reborn

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN