重新
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 4
重新 (chóngxīn) · again
重新 (chóngxīn) means “again; anew”. It is written with 2 characters: 重 (heavy) + 新 (new). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 重新 is built
The characters
重 zhòng · heavy
What 重 is made of
- 千qiān — thousand
- 里lǐ — inside
- 田tián — field
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: A burden carried for a thousand 千 miles 里 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
新 xīn · new
What 新 is made of
- 亲qīn — relatives
- 立lì — to stand
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 小xiǎo — small
- 亅 — hook
- 八bā — eight
- 立lì — to stand
- 斤jīn — a catty (about 500 grams)
- 厂chǎng — cliff
- 下xià — down
Origin hint: A freshly chopped 斤 tree 亲 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
请重新写一遍。Qǐng chóngxīn xiě yī biàn.Please write it again.
我们重新开始吧。Wǒmen chóngxīn kāishǐ ba.Let's start over.
Questions about 重新
What does 重新 mean?
重新 (chóngxīn) means “again; anew”.
How do you pronounce 重新?
重新 is pronounced chóngxīn.
Which HSK level is 重新?
重新 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 重要zhòngyàoimportant
- 重复chóngfùto repeat
- 重点zhòngdiǎnkey point
- 重视zhòngshìto value
- 重大zhòngdàmajor
- 沉重chénzhòngheavy
- 体重tǐzhòngbody weight
- 严重yánzhòngserious
- 重量zhòngliàngweight
- 尊重zūnzhòngto respect
Learn 重新 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 67: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.