年
轻

Young in Chinese: 年轻 (nián qīng)

nián qīng

young

HSK 3Traditional: 年輕2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1young

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年
轻

Zhuyin

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ㄋㄧㄢˊ

nián

ㄋ/ nㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄑㄧㄥ

qīng

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

年轻

Simplified

年輕

Traditional

Example sentences

See 年轻 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 你还年轻。

    nǐ hái nián qīng。

    You're still green.

  • 他很年轻。

    tā hěn nián qīng。

    He is very young.

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Related words

年

nián

year

轻

qīng

light

去年

qù nián

last year

年级

nián jí

grade

年龄

nián líng

(a person's) age

轻松

qīng sōng

light

年代

nián dài

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

年纪

nián jì

age

轻视

qīng shì

contempt

半年

bàn nián

half a year

今年

jīn nián

this year

明年

míng nián

next year

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