新兴 xīnxīng rising
(of markets, industries, infectious diseases etc) rising; emerging; in the ascendant
How to remember 新兴: 新 new + 兴 excited = rising.
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- Emerging/rising/newly developing - 新兴产业 (xīnxīng chǎnyè) emerging industries, 新兴市场 (xīnxīng shìchǎng) emerging markets.
- An attributive adjective for things newly on the rise and gaining momentum; the 兴 reads xīng (to thrive).
- Formal, common in economics and technology; contrast 传统 (chuántǒng, traditional/established).