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少年 (shào nián) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 4

少年 (shào nián) is a Chinese word: youth, teenager, adolescent. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 少年

名 míng noun

youth, teenager, adolescent

那个少年喜欢打篮球。

nà ge shào nián xǐ huan dǎ lán qiú

That youth likes to play basketball.

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Word breakdown

少 shào — young, youthful

年 nián — age, years

Structure & writing
1 少 shào — young (opposite of 老)
Xpinyin
少 is a component in 11 characters

consists of

Stroke order

2 年 nián — year (unit of time; common year = 365 days, leap year = 366 days, every 4 years)

年 is not used as a component in any other character.

年 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

Stroke order