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Definition(s) for: 青少年

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
青少年 qīng shào nián - adolescent
- youth
- teenager

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
5 2 4,532 3,476 9,605

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
qīng- abbr. for 青海[Qing1 hai3], Qinghai Province
qīng- green
- blue
- black
- youth
- young (of people)
shǎo- few
- less
- to lack
- to be missing
- to stop (doing sth)
- seldom
shào- young
nián- surname Nian
nián- year
- CL:個|个[ge4]
nián- grain
- harvest (old)
- variant of 年[nian2]

Other Words Containing 青少年

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