青
少
年

Adolescent in Chinese: 青少年 (qīng shào nián)

qīng shào nián

adolescent

HSK 3.0 Level 22 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1adolescent
  2. 2youth
  3. 3teenager

Stroke order

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青
少
年

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄑㄧㄥ

qīng

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄕㄠˋ

shào

ㄕ/ shㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

ㄋㄧㄢˊ

nián

ㄋ/ nㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 汤姆是个普通的青少年。

    tāng mǔ shì gè pǔ tōng de qīng shào nián。

    Tom is a normal teenager.

  • 交通事故是美国青少年死亡的主要原因。

    jiāo tōng shì gù shì měi guó qīng shào nián sǐ wáng de zhǔ yào yuán yīn。

    Car accidents are the leading cause of death for teenagers in the United States.

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Related words

年

nián

year

少

shǎo

few

青

qīng

green

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)

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