新华

新華
Xīnhuá
popculture

Meanings

  1. 1 Xinhua (New China)
  2. 2 name of various state institutions and brands

Examples

Xīnhuá Shè shì Zhōngguó zuì dà de tōngxùnshè.
Xinhua News Agency is China's largest news service.
Wǒ zài Xīnhuá Shūdiàn mǎi le yī běn zìdiǎn.
I bought a dictionary at the Xinhua Bookstore.

Tips

culture
Literally 'New China.' Used as the brand for many state-run institutions: 新华 (Xinhua News Agency, the official state press agency), 新华书店 (Xinhua Bookstore, the dominant nationwide bookstore chain), 新华字典 (Xinhua Dictionary, the standard character dictionary since 1953).
usage
When Chinese speakers say 新华 alone, context usually points to either 新华 (the news agency, most common in news/politics) or 新华书店 (the bookstore).

Stroke Order

xīn
huá