Chinese symbol for “youth”
青年
qīng nián
youth; youthful years; young person; the young
The closest CC-CEDICT match for youth is 青年 (qīng nián), defined as: youth; youthful years; young person; the young.
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
Other Chinese words for “youth”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 青春 | qīng chūn | youth; youthfulness |
| 青少年 | qīng shào nián | adolescent; youth |
| 青 | qīng | green; blue |
| 郎 | láng | (arch.) minister; official |
| 后生 (後生) | hòu shēng | young generation; youth |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 青年.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 青少年 | qīng shào nián | adolescent; youth |
| 青春 | qīng chūn | youth; 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 wā | frog (只 (zhī)); (old) (slang) ugly guy |
| 青铜 (青銅) | qīng tóng | bronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and tin 锡 (xī)) |
| 年代 | nián dài | a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age |
| 今年 | jīn nián | this year |
| 每年 | měi nián | every year; each year |
See also: Japanese symbol for “youth”.
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.