新山

Xīnshān

popculture

Meanings

1 Johor Bahru — capital city of Johor state in southern Malaysia, just across the strait from Singapore

Characters

mountain / hill

Examples

新山位于马来西亚南端，与新加坡隔海相望。

Xīnshān wèiyú Mǎláixīyà nánduān, yǔ Xīnjiāpō gé hǎi xiāng wàng.

Johor Bahru is located at the southern tip of Malaysia, facing Singapore across the strait.

很多新加坡人周末开车到新山买东西。

Hěn duō Xīnjiāpō rén zhōumò kāichē dào Xīnshān mǎi dōngxi.

Many Singaporeans drive across to Johor Bahru on weekends to shop.

Tips

usage

新山 is the standard Chinese name (used by Malaysian Chinese media and Chinese-speakers in Singapore) for what is called Johor Bahru in Malay/English. Don't confuse with anything else — in this proper-noun sense it always refers to the Malaysian city.

culture

Connected to Singapore by the Causeway (新柔长堤 Xīn-Róu chángdī, 'Singapore-Johor Causeway') opened in 1924; one of the world's busiest land border crossings, used daily by hundreds of thousands of Malaysians who work in Singapore.

Stroke Order

新 xīn

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