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年轻

nián qīng

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 年輕

年轻 (nián qīng) means "young". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 年轻 means

1. young

The characters in 年轻

• 年niányear
• 轻qīnglight; easy; gentle

Example sentences

• 你还年轻。
  You're still green.
• 您还年轻。
  You're still young.
• 他很年轻。
  He is very young.
• 我还年轻。
  I'm young.
• 你们还年轻。
  You're still young.
• 她比他年轻。
  She's younger than him.

Words starting with 年轻

• 年轻人nián qīng rényoung people; youngster
• 年轻有为nián qīng yǒu wéiyoung and promising
• 年轻力壮nián qīng lì zhuàngyoung and vigorous (idiom)
• 年轻化nián qīng huàto make more youthful; to promote younger staff
• 年轻气盛nián qīng qì shèngfull of youthful vigor (idiom); in the prime of youth

Words containing 年轻

• 小年轻xiǎo nián qīng(colloquial) young person; youngster

Sounds the same

Read nián qīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 年青youthful

Where 年轻 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Body Parts & Physical Description (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read nián qīng correctly.
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