新词

新詞

xīncí

noun #25,296

Measure Word

一个新词 gè

Meanings

1 new word
2 neologism
3 newly coined term

Characters

word; term; expression

Examples

互联网催生了很多新词，比如'刷屏'。

Hùliánwǎng cuīshēng le hěn duō xīncí, bǐrú 'shuā píng'.

The internet has spawned many new words, such as 'shuā píng' (to flood a screen with posts).

汉语每年都会出现大量新词。

Hànyǔ měi nián dōu huì chūxiàn dàliàng xīncí.

A large number of new words appear in Chinese every year.

Tips

culture

Chinese internet culture is especially prolific at generating 新词. Words like 内卷 (involution/rat race) and 躺平 (lying flat) became mainstream terms within months of coinage.

Stroke Order

新 xīn

词 cí