Tom became popular with teenagers as soon as he first appeared on TV.
Sentence #9961312 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 青少年 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.
青qīnggreen
龶part of the character
月moon · yuè
少shàoyoung
小small · xiǎo
丿slash · piě
Memory aidSmall 小 with one more stroke 丿: few, little.
年niányear
年 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidA person carrying ripe grain: one harvest, one year.
How to write 青少年
青 8 strokes · 少 4 strokes · 年 6 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 青少年 (qīngshàonián). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
青少年 (qīngshàonián) means “adolescent” or “youth”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it qīngshàonián: qīng with a 1st tone, then shào with a 4th tone, then nián with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 青少年 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qingshaonian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 青少年 from the suggestions. Typing qingshaonian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
青少年 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.
青qīng1st tone, high and level
少shào4th tone, falling
年nián2nd tone, rising
