🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

新近

Pronunciation / Transliteration: xīnjìn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Newly/ˈnuː.li/
adverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #950 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这是新近出版的一本书。"

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2 senses
As adverb
  1. 1

    Recently; very late in time or for a short time in the past.

    "The newly painted walls gave the living room a bright, fresh look."
  2. 2

    In a new or different manner; afresh or anew.

    "They are trying to look at the old problem newly and creatively."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English word 'newliche', combining 'new' (from Old English 'nīw' or 'nīwe', Proto-Germanic *niwjaz) with the adverbial suffix '-ly' (from Old English '-līce'). It has historically been used to indicate recent occurrence, freshness, or a state of having just come into being.

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