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Chinese symbol for “adolescent”

青少年
qīng shào nián
adolescent; youth; teenager

The closest CC-CEDICT match for adolescent is 青少年 (qīng shào nián), defined as: adolescent; youth; teenager.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

青 qīng
nature's color; blue, green, black; young
radical 174 ⾭ · 8 strokes
少 shào
few, little; less; inadequate
radical 42 ⼩ · 4 strokes
年 nián
year; anniversary; a person's age
radical 51 ⼲ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “adolescent”

WordPinyinMeaning
半大不小bàn dà bù xiǎoteenage; in one's teens; adolescent

Related words

Other words that share a character with 青少年.

WordPinyinMeaning
青年qīng niányouth; youthful years
青春qīng chūnyouth; youthfulness
青睐 (青睞)qīng lài(literary) (lit.) to fix one's gaze on; (fig.) to show interest in; (favorable) attention; favor
青蛙qīng wāfrog (只 (zhī)); (old) (slang) ugly guy
青铜 (青銅)qīng tóngbronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and tin 锡 (xī))
多少duō shǎonumber; amount; somewhat
减少 (減少)jiǎn shǎoto lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
至少zhì shǎoat least; (to say the) least
年代nián dàia decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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