新丁

xīndīng
  1. new addition to a family (i.e. a birth)
  2. a boy who has just come of age
  3. (in a job etc) newcomer
  4. novice

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 新 xīn
  1. new
  2. newly
  3. meso- (chemistry)
2 丁 dīng
  1. male adult
  2. the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干 tiāngān
  3. fourth (used like "4" or "D")
  4. small cube of meat or vegetable
  5. (literary) to encounter
  6. (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°
  7. (chemistry) butyl

Containing this entry

新丁粄 xīndīngbǎn

Related entries

生手 shēngshǒu
  1. novice
  2. new hand
  3. sb new to a job
新手 xīnshǒu
  1. new hand
  2. novice
  3. raw recruit
她买了新手套。

She bought new gloves.

Source: Tatoeba

初出茅廬 chūchūmáolú
  1. venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
  2. young and inexperienced
  3. novice
  4. greenhorn
外教 wàijiào
  1. foreign teacher (abbr. for 外國教師)
  2. greenhorn
  3. novice
  4. amateurish
  5. religion other than Buddhism (term used by Buddhists)