청소년

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 靑少年, from 靑 (“youth”) + 少年 (“child”).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋsʰo̞ɲʌ̹n]
Phonetic hangul: [청소년]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	cheongsonyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	cheongsonyeon
McCune–Reischauer^?	ch'ŏngsonyŏn
Yale Romanization^?	chengsonyen

Noun

청소년 • (cheongsonyeon) (hanja 靑少年)

adolescent; teenager

Usage notes

In South Korea, 청소년 (cheongsonyeon) is usually defined as a person of under twenty years in the East Asian age reckoning (eighteen or nineteen in Western age reckoning).