Chinese symbol for “rookie”
新兵
xīn bīng
(military) raw recruit; rookie; newcomer (to a profession or field)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rookie is 新兵 (xīn bīng), defined as: (military) raw recruit; rookie; newcomer (to a profession or field).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “rookie”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 菜鸟 (菜鳥) | cài niǎo | (coll.) sb new to a particular subject; rookie |
| 新兵蛋子 | xīn bīng dàn zi | (coll.) (military) raw recruit; rookie |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 新兵.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 新闻 (新聞) | xīn wén | news; 条 (tiáo) |
| 重新 | chóng xīn | again; once more; re- |
| 创新 (創新) | chuàng xīn | to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation |
| 更新 | gēng xīn | to replace the old with new; to renew |
| 最新 | zuì xīn | latest; newest |
| 新型 | xīn xíng | new type; new kind |
| 士兵 | shì bīng | soldier; 个 (gè) |
| 步兵 | bù bīng | infantry; foot |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rookie”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.