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青少年

qīng shào nián

HSK 5 3-character word

What 青少年 means

1. adolescent
2. youth
3. teenager

The characters in 青少年

• 青qīnggreen; blue; black
• 少shǎofew; less; to lack
• 年niányear

Example sentences

• 汤姆是个普通的青少年。
  Tāngmǔ shì gè pǔtōng de qīngshàonián.
  Tom is a normal teenager.
• 交通事故是美国青少年死亡的主要原因。
  Jiāotōng shìgù shì Měiguó qīngshàonián sǐwáng de zhǔyào yuányīn.
  Car accidents are the leading cause of death for teenagers in the United States.
• 汤姆第一次上电视后就广受青少年的欢迎。
  Tom became popular among teenagers as soon as he made his debut on the screen.
• 被判严重违反新的行为准则的青少年将失去免费乘坐公交车的权利，如果想重新取得必须做无报酬的社区工作。
  Bèi pàn yánzhòng wéifǎn xīn de xíngwéizhǔnzé de qīngshàonián jiāng shīqù miǎnfèi chéngzuò gōngjiāochē de quánlì, rúguǒ xiǎng chóngxīn qǔdé bìxū zuò wú bàochou de shèqū gōngzuò.
  Youths who are caught violating the new rules on behaviour will lose their right to free travel, and will have to complete unpaid community work to earn it back.
• 2021 年 11 月 4 日，阴沉沉的一天。在披萨店，我没办法像平常一样坐在窗外的桌子吃披萨，因为那里挤满了皮肤黝黑的青少年。于是，我坐在了室内靠窗的位置。我可以看到外面桌子上一个棕色皮肤青少年毛茸茸的手臂。之后，我去了咖啡馆，点了杯我常喝的冰绿茶。在那里，我遇到了一个名叫阿尔玛的菲律宾老朋友，她以前在街角的便利商店工作，现在从事医疗保健行业。
  A grey day it is on the 4th of November of 2021. At the pizzeria, I could not sit eating my pizza at my regular table just outside the window, as a crowd of fresh brown teenagers were eating pizza there. So, I sat inside by the window. I could see the hairy arms of one brown teenager at the table outside. I went then to the cafe to have my usual iced green tea. I saw a longtime Filipino friend named Alma, who worked before at a corner convenience store, but now is in health care.

Where 青少年 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Youth, Adolescence & Naivety (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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