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): ㄑㄧㄥㄕㄠˋ 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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīngshàonián
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄕㄠˋ 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´ seu ngienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qiang¹ seu⁴ ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ seu̯⁵⁵ ŋi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiâng-seu-ngiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: qiang´ seu ngianˇ
  - 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

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)

a youth or young person

Synonyms

若人(わこうど) (wakōdo)

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)

Alternative form of 靑少年.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
青	少	年

Noun

青少年

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