少
年

Early youth in Chinese: 少年 (shào nián)

shào nián

early youth

HSK 3.0 Level 21 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1early youth
  2. 2youngster
  3. 3(literary) youth
  4. 4young man

Stroke order

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少
年

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄠˋ

shào

ㄕ/ shㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

ㄋㄧㄢˊ

nián

ㄋ/ nㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 这个少年跑得很快。

    zhè ge shào nián pǎo dé hěn kuài。

    This youngster runs very fast.

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Related words

年

nián

year

少

shǎo

few

多少

duō shǎo

number

去年

qù nián

last year

年级

nián jí

grade

年轻

nián qīng

young

减少

jiǎn shǎo

to lessen

年龄

nián líng

(a person's) age

缺少

quē shǎo

lack

至少

zhì shǎo

at least

年代

nián dài

a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)

年纪

nián jì

age

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