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少
年
少年 (shàonián)
shàonián
Part of speech
Noun
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Meanings
1
youth; young person
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Characters
少
shǎo
few, little (quantity); short (time)
年
nián
year as a unit of time; harvest season or maturity of crops (original meaning)
Words with 少年
青少年
qīngshàonián
HSK 5
teenagers, adolescents
HSK 5