| 刷新 | shuā xīn | to renovate; to refurbish; to refresh (computer window) |
| 新春 | xīn chūn | Chinese New Year |
| 新纪元 | xīn jì yuán | new era; new epoch; New Age (movement) |
| 焕然一新 | huàn rán yī xīn | to look completely new (idiom); brand new; changed beyond recognition |
| 新月 | xīn yuè | new moon; crescent |
| 新居 | xīn jū | new residence; new home |
| 日新月异 | rì xīn yuè yì | daily renewal, monthly change (idiom); every day sees new developments; rapid progress |
| 大新 | Dà xīn | Daxin county in Chongzuo 崇左, Guangxi |
| 新化 | Xīn huà | Xinhua county in Loudi 娄底, Hunan; Hsinhua town in Tainan county 台南县, Taiwan |
| 新安 | Xīn ān | Xin'an county in Luoyang 洛阳, Henan |
| 新津 | Xīn jīn | Xinjin county in Chengdu 成都, Sichuan |
| 翻新 | fān xīn | to revamp; a face-lift; to retread (a tire); to refurbish (old clothes); newly emerging |
| 全新 | quán xīn | all new; completely new |
| 新生儿 | xīn shēng ér | newborn baby; neonate |
| 新会 | Xīn huì | Xinhui county and district of Jiangmen city 江门市, Guangdong |
| 新村 | xīn cūn | new housing development |
| 新异 | xīn yì | new and different; novelty |
| 新闻记者 | xīn wén jì zhě | journalist |
| 新乡 | Xīn xiāng | Xinxiang prefecture level city in Henan |
| 永新 | Yǒng xīn | Yongxin county in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi |
| 明治维新 | Míng zhì wéi xīn | the Japanese Meiji restoration of 1868 |
| 新罗 | Xīn luó | Silla, Korean kingdom 57 BC-935 AD; one of the Korean Three Kingdoms from 1st century AD, defeating its rivals Paikche 百济 and Koguryo 高句丽 around 660 in alliance with Tang China; unified Silla 658-935 |
| 新丰 | Xīn fēng | Xinfeng county in Shaoguan 韶关, Guangdong; Xinfeng or Hsinfeng township in Hsinchu county 新竹县, northwest Taiwan |
| 新市 | Xīn shì | Hsinshih township in Tainan county 台南县, Taiwan |
| 新都 | Xīn dū | Xindu or Newtown district of Chengdu city 成都市, Sichuan |
| 兰新铁路 | Lán xīn tiě lù | Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway |
| 迎新 | yíng xīn | to see in the New Year; to welcome new guests; by extension, to receive new students |
| 上新世 | Shàng xīn shì | Pliocene (geological epoch from 5m-2m years ago) |
上海文广新闻传媒 集团 | Shàng hǎi wén guǎng xīn wén chuán méi jí tuán | Shanghai Media Group |
| 不新鲜 | bù xīn xiān | stale |
| 中国新民党 | Zhōng guó Xīn mín dǎng | New People's Party of China, xinmin.freeforum.ca |
| 中国新闻社 | Zhōng guó Xīn wén shè | China News Service |
| 中国新闻网 | Zhōng guó xīn wén wǎng | China News Service (ChinaNews) |
| 中新世 | Zhōng xīn shì | Miocene (geological epoch from 24m-5m years ago) |
| 中新社 | Zhōng xīn shè | China News Service (CNS), abbr. for 中国新闻社 |
| 中新网 | Zhōng xīn wǎng | ChinaNews (China News Service) |
| 中法新约 | Zhōng Fǎ xīn yuē | treaty of Tianjin of 1885 ceding Vietnam to France |
| 中兴新村 | Zhōng xīng Xīn cūn | Chung-hsing New Village, model town in Nantou County, west-central Taiwan, administrative seat of the Taiwan Provincial Government |
| 信报财经新闻 | xìn bào cái jīng xīn wén | Hong Kong Economic Journal |
| 光明新区 | Guāng míng xīn qū | New Guangming district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong |
| 全新世 | Quán xīn shì | Holocene (geological period covering approx 12000 years since the last ice age) |
| 全新纪 | quán xīn jì | holocene; period since the last ice age |
| 全新统 | quán xīn tǒng | holocene system (geological strata laid down during the last 12000 years) |
| 出新 | chū xīn | to make new advances; to move forwards |
| 创新精神 | chuàng xīn jīng shén | creativity |
| 动态更新 | dòng tài gēng xīn | dynamic update (Internet) |
| 博讯新闻网 | Bó xùn xīn wén wǎng | Boxun, US based dissident Chinese news network |
| 古新世 | Gǔ xīn shì | Palaeocene (geological epoch from 65m-55m years ago) |
| 古新统 | gǔ xīn tǒng | Palaeocene system (geology) |
| 另觅新欢 | lìng mì xīn huān | to seek happiness elsewhere (euphemism for extra-marital sex); a bit on the side |