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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 少年

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
少年 shào nián - early youth
- youngster
- (literary) youth; young man

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 2 4,777 2,578 2,634

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
少 shǎo- few
- less
- to lack
- to be missing
- to stop (doing sth)
- seldom
少 shào- young
年 nián- surname Nian
年 nián- year
- CL:個|个[ge4]
年 nián- grain
- harvest (old)
- variant of 年[nian2]

Other Words Containing 少年

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
青少年 5 2 4,532 3,476 9,605
少年 - 2 4,777 2,578 2,634
少年犯 - - 22,066 65,455 88,455
少年宫 - - 53,186 34,510 33,870
少年人 - - 73,763 53,495 65,182
少年老成 - - 94,033 77,568 63,848