HSK 5 · Family

青春 qīngchūn “youth” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 青春 means

  1. youth
  2. youthfulness

How to say 青春

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale青qīng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale春chūn1st tone, high and level

青春 in a sentence

  1. 青春只有一次。

    Qīngchūn zhǐ yǒu yí cì.

    You’re only young once.

    Sentence #604475 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她怀念自己的青春岁月。

    Tā huáiniàn zìjǐ de qīngchūn suìyuè.

    She misses the days of her youth.

    Sentence #13573774 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 青春 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 青 (qīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
青qīnggreen
  • 龶part of the character
  • 月moon · yuè
The character 春 (chūn) drawn as one shape
春chūnspring

春 is a single shape of 9 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 青春

青 8 strokes · 春 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

青春 (qīngchūn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 青春 (qīngchūn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 青春

Words with 青

青qīng · green青少年qīngshàonián · adolescent

Words with 春

春chūn · spring season春天chūntiān · spring (season)

More words: People, Body & Health

老婆lǎopo · wife (informal)离婚líhūn · to divorce恋爱liàn'ài · romantic love女士nǚshì · lady青少年qīngshàonián · adolescent娶qǔ · to take a wife人类rénlèi · humanity人生rénshēng · life (one’s time on earth)

FAQs

青春 (qīngchūn) means “youth” or “youthfulness”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it qīngchūn: qīng with a 1st tone, then chūn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 青春 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qingchun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 青春 from the suggestions. Typing qingchun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
青春 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.