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成年

chéng nián

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

成年 (chéng nián) means "to grow to adulthood; fully grown; adult; the whole year". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 成年 means

1. to grow to adulthood
2. fully grown; adult
3. the whole year

The characters in 成年

• 成chéngto succeed; to finish; to complete
• 年niányear

Example sentences

• 你成年了。
  You're a grown man.
• 你未成年吗？
  Nǐ wèichéngnián ma?
  Are you underage?
• 她还未成年。
  She is still under age.
• 我教成年人法语。
  Wǒ jiāo chéngniánrén Fǎyǔ.
  I teach French to adults.
• 我们已是成年人了。
  Wǒmen yǐ shì chéngniánrén le.
  We're adults.

Words starting with 成年

• 成年人chéng nián rénadult person
• 成年者chéng nián zhěadult
• 成年累月chéng nián lěi yuèyear in, year out (idiom)

Words containing 成年

• 未成年人wèi chéng nián rénminor (i.e. person under 18)
• 未成年wèi chéng niánunderage
• 未成年者wèi chéng nián zhěminor (not an adult)

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