少年 shào nián — early youth

Meanings

1. 1

   early youth

   early youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man

   noun

Character breakdown

• 少

  shǎo (third tone, dipping) shào (fourth tone, falling)

  few, little; to be short of, to be missing; (shào) young

  4 strokesRadical 小
• 年

  nián (second tone, rising)

  year; age, years of a person’s life; the annual harvest (original sense)

  6 strokesRadical 干

Words containing 少

• 少shǎo (third tone, dipping)few, little, not much
• 至少zhì (fourth tone, falling) shǎo (third tone, dipping)at least
• 多少duōshao (first tone, high and level)how many, how much
• 不少bù (fourth tone, falling) shǎo (third tone, dipping)many
• 减少/減少jiǎn (third tone, dipping) shǎo (third tone, dipping)to lessen
• 少女shào (fourth tone, falling) nǚ (third tone, dipping)girl
• 青少年qīng (first tone, high and level) shào (fourth tone, falling) nián (second tone, rising)adolescent
• 缺少quē (first tone, high and level) shǎo (third tone, dipping)lack
• 少数/少數shǎo (third tone, dipping) shù (fourth tone, falling)small number
• 少见/少見shǎo (third tone, dipping) jiàn (fourth tone, falling)rare; seldom seen
• 少量shǎo (third tone, dipping) liàng (fourth tone, falling)a smidgen
• 少有shǎo (third tone, dipping) yǒu (third tone, dipping)rare
• 必不可少bì (fourth tone, falling) bù (fourth tone, falling) kě (third tone, dipping) shǎo (third tone, dipping)absolutely necessary
• 或多或少huò (fourth tone, falling) duō (first tone, high and level) huò (fourth tone, falling) shǎo (third tone, dipping)more or less
• 少不了shǎo (third tone, dipping) bu (neutral tone) liǎo (third tone, dipping)cannot do without
• 少儿/少兒shào (fourth tone, falling) ér (second tone, rising)child
• 稀少xī (first tone, high and level) shǎo (third tone, dipping)sparse

Words containing 年

• 年nián (second tone, rising)year
• 今年jīn (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising)this year
• 年轻/年輕niánqīng (second tone, rising)young
• 去年qùnián (fourth tone, falling)last year
• 年代nián (second tone, rising) dài (fourth tone, falling)a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)
• 年龄/年齡nián (second tone, rising) líng (second tone, rising)(a person's) age
• 年级/年級niánjí (second tone, rising)year, grade (at school)
• 明年míng (second tone, rising) nián (second tone, rising)next year
• 当年/當年dāng (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising)in those days
• 新年xīn (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising)New Year
• 年纪/年紀nián (second tone, rising) jì (fourth tone, falling)age
• 青年qīng (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising)youth
• 周年/週年zhōu (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising)anniversary
• 年度nián (second tone, rising) dù (fourth tone, falling)year (e.g. school year
• 青少年qīng (first tone, high and level) shào (fourth tone, falling) nián (second tone, rising)adolescent
• 多年duō (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising)many years
• 童年tóng (second tone, rising) nián (second tone, rising)childhood