🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

新手

Pronunciation / Transliteration: xīn shǒu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Newbie/ˈnjuː.bi/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"作为新手,他需要一些指导。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who is new to a particular activity or field.

    "As a newbie in the coding bootcamp, she was eager to learn from her peers."
  2. 2

    An inexperienced person in a specific area or activity.

    "The forum is welcoming to newbies, providing resources to help them get started."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'newbie' is believed to have originated in the 1980s from the word 'new boy', which was used in military slang. It evolved to refer to someone who is new to a particular activity or environment, especially in online communities and gaming.

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