自新

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	new; newly; meso- (chem.)
trad. (自新)		自	新
simp. ^#(自新)		自	新

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zìxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ san¹
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): chīr-sin / chū-sin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zìxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zìhsin
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-hsin¹
  - Yale: dz̀-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhshin
  - Palladius: цзысинь (czysinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ san¹
  - Yale: jih sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² sɐn⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    自新
    自身
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-sin
  - Tâi-lô: tsīr-sin
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² ɕin³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-sin
  - Tâi-lô: tsū-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuxsyn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ ɕin⁴⁴/

Verb

自新

to make a fresh start
- 不殺頭，就要給飯吃。對一切反革命分子，都應當給以生活出路，使他們有自新的機會。 [MSC, trad.]
  不杀头，就要给饭吃。对一切反革命分子，都应当给以生活出路，使他们有自新的机会。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論十大關係》 (On the Ten Major Relationships), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Bù shātóu, jiù yào gěi fàn chī. Duì yīqiè fǎngémìng fènzǐ, dōu yīngdāng gěiyǐ shēnghuó chūlù, shǐ tāmen yǒu zìxīn de jīhuì. [Pinyin]
  If [counter-revolutionaries] are not executed, they have to be fed. All counter-revolutionaries should be given a chance to earn a living, so that the can start anew.

Derived terms

悔罪自新
悔過自新／悔过自新 (huǐguòzìxīn)
改行自新
改過自新／改过自新 (gǎiguòzìxīn)
洗心自新

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