青少年

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	young; few; little young; few; little; lack	year
simp. and trad. (青少年)		青	少	年

Etymology

Short for 青年少年 (qīngnián shàonián)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīngshàonián

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ siu³ nin⁴
Min Nan (POJ): chheng-siàu-liân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qīngshàonián
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingshawnian
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing¹ siu³ nin⁴
  - Yale: chīng siu nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ siu³ nin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ xiu³ nin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ siːu̯³³ niːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-siàu-liân
  - Tâi-lô: tshing-siàu-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhengsiaolieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ³³ ɕiaʊ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ liɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiaʊ¹¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiaʊ²¹⁻⁴¹ liɛn²³/

Noun

青少年

young person; youth; adolescent; teenager

Derived terms

青少年犯罪 (qīngshàonián fànzuì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
青	少	年
せい Grade: 1	しょう Grade: 2	ねん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

青少年 (hiragana せいしょうねん, rōmaji seishōnen)

a youth or young people

See also

少 (しょう)年 (ねん) (shōnen, “boy”)
青 (せい)年 (ねん) (seinen, “young adult”)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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