新鮮人

Chinese

		fresh; new; novel	man; person; people
trad. (新鮮人)		新鮮	人
simp. (新鲜人)		新鲜	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnxiānrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ sin¹ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnxiānrén → xīnxianrén (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ → ㄒㄧㄣ ˙ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinsiånrén
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-hsien⁵-jên²
    • Yale: syīn-syan-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shin.shianren
    • Palladius: синьсяньжэнь (sinʹsjanʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/ → /ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn² ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ sin¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: sān sīn yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ sin¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ xin¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ siːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/

Noun

新鮮人

1. freshman (first-year student)
2. newcomer; new person
3. fresh grad; newcomer to workforce

Synonyms

• (freshman): 大一 (dàyī), 大一生 (dàyīshēng)
• (new student): 新生 (xīnshēng)