新奇
xīnqí
adjectiveHSK 7-9
“Novel” in Chinese is 新奇 (xīnqí).
Meaning
- novel; new; exotic
Example
大多数中国人没见过几个外国人，觉得特新奇，看见外星人的感觉。
The vast majority of Chinese people have never met foreigners before, so it feels odd for them, like meeting space aliens.
Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).
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