青少年

See also: 靑少年

Chinese

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

Etymology

Short for 青年 (qīngnián) + 少年 (shàonián).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngshàonián

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ siu³ nin⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiâng-seu-ngièn / chhiâng-seu-ngiàn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-siàu-liân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cên¹ siao³ ni⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngshàonián
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingshàonián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-shao⁴-nien²
    • Yale: chīng-shàu-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingshawnian
    • Palladius: циншаонянь (cinšaonjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ siu³ nin⁴
    • Yale: chīng siu nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ siu³ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ xiu³ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ siːu̯³³ niːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiâng-seu-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiang^ˊ seu ngien^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiang¹ seu⁴ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ seu̯⁵⁵ ŋi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiâng-seu-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiang^ˊ seu ngian^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiang¹ seu⁴ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ seu̯⁵⁵ ŋi̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-siàu-liân
    • Tâi-lô: tshing-siàu-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhengsiaolieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siau²¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ siau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siau²¹⁻⁵³ liɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siau¹¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siau²¹⁻⁴¹ liɛn²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cên¹ siao³ ni⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheⁿ siàu nî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ siau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ni⁵⁵/

Noun

青少年

1. 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

Alternative spelling
靑少年 (kyūjitai)

Noun

青(せい)少(しょう)年(ねん) • (seishōnen) 

1. a youth or young person

Synonyms

• 若人(わこうど) (wakōdo)

See also

• 少年(しょうねん) (shōnen, “boy”)
• 青年(せいねん) (seinen, “young adult”)

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
青	少	年

Noun

青少年 • (cheongsonyeon) (hangeul 청소년)

1. alternative form of 靑少年

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
青	少	年

Noun

青少年

1. chữ Hán form of thanh thiếu niên (“youth; adolescents”)