The word **新型** is a modern Chinese compound formed by combining two meaningful characters: **新** (xīn), meaning "new," and **型** (xíng), meaning "model," "type," or "pattern." It follows a common modifier-noun grammatical structure where **新** acts as an adjective describing the noun **型**, resulting in the meaning "new type," "new model," or "new style." This formation is typical in Mandarin for creating efficient, precise terms, especially for technological, social, or conceptual categories (e.g., 新型病毒 for "new type of virus," 新型材料 for "new model/material"). Thus, the word is a straightforward semantic synthesis where the combined meaning is directly derived from the sum of its parts.