The Chinese word 新婚 (xīnhūn), meaning "newlywed" or "new marriage", is a standard modifier-head compound noun formed by combining two meaningful characters: 新 (xīn), which means "new" or "recent", and 婚 (hūn), which means "marriage" or "wedding". In this structure, the first character 新 acts as an adjective modifying the second character 婚, the core noun. Therefore, the compound literally and logically means "new marriage", succinctly describing the state or period immediately following a wedding. This transparent and compositional formation is typical of modern Chinese vocabulary.