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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 青年

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
青年 qīng nián - youth
- youthful years
- young person
- the young

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 5,475 1,191 1,341

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
青 qīng- abbr. for 青海[Qing1 hai3], Qinghai Province
青 qīng- green
- blue
- black
- youth
- young (of people)
年 nián- surname Nian
年 nián- year
- CL:個|个[ge4]
年 nián- grain
- harvest (old)
- variant of 年[nian2]

Other Words Containing 青年

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
青年 - 2 5,475 1,191 1,341
小青年 - - 27,656 28,908 15,808
青年人 - - 30,152 13,866 24,569
青年团 - - 42,815 22,874 71,204