Chinese symbol for “teenage”
半大不小
bàn dà bù xiǎo
teenage; in one's teens; adolescent
The closest CC-CEDICT match for teenage is 半大不小 (bàn dà bù xiǎo), defined as: teenage; in one's teens; adolescent.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 半大不小.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一半 | yī bàn | half |
| 半岛 (半島) | bàn dǎo | peninsula |
| 半年 | bàn nián | half a year |
| 半个 (半個) | bàn ge | half of sth |
| 半数 (半數) | bàn shù | half the number; half |
| 上半年 | shàng bàn nián | first half of the year |
| 大学 (大學) | dà xué | university; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; influential family |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 小时 (小時) | xiǎo shí | hour |
See also: Japanese symbol for “teenage”.
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.