少年

Japanese

Kanji in this term
少	年

Etymology

/seunen/ > /syoːnen/ [ɕoːnen].

Noun

少年 (hiragana しょうねん, romaji shōnen, historical hiragana せうねん)

1. boy, young man

Derived terms

• 少年愛嗜好
• 少年院
• 少年会
• 少年感化院
• 少年鑑別所
• 少年少女
• 少年審判所
• 少年団
• 少年犯罪

See also

• 子供 (kodomo, “child”)
• 少女 (shōjo, “young girl”)
• 女性 (josei, “lady (adult woman)”)
• 青年 (seinen, “young man”)

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Korean

Hanja in this word
少	年

Pronunciation

• IPA: /soːnjʌn/

Noun

少年 (sonyeon)

1. Hanja form^? of 소년, “boy, young person”.

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
少年

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ ʂɑʊ̯˥˩ni̯ɛn˧˥ ]

Noun

少年 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin shàonián)

1. (Elementary Mandarin) early youth (from ten to sixteen)
2. (Elementary Mandarin) juvenile, youngster

References

• 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
• 2000, Jingmin (ed.) Shao, HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785:
• "少年" (in Mandarin/English), Dr. eye. URL accessed on 2008-11-02.

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Min Nan

simpl. and trad.
少年

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ ɕiau˥˧lɪɛn˧˥ ]

Adjective

少年 (traditional and simplified, POJ siàu-liân)

1. young

Related terms

• 少年人 (siàu-liân-lâng)

See also

• (Mandarin) trad. 年輕, simpl. 年轻 (niánqīng)