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年轻年輕 niánqīng — young

niánqīng (second tone, rising)nian2qing1

Traditional: 年輕

young

HSK 3· HSK 1–4 (classic)Level 3· Three-band, nine-level standardadjective
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Meanings

  1. young

    Young in years — 年 years, 轻 light. It is said of people and of living things, and it is a compliment when said of someone who is not: 您还这么年轻.

    adjective

Character breakdown

  • 年
    nián (second tone, rising)

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

    6 strokesRadical 干

Example sentences

  • 我们的老师很年轻。我們的老師很年輕。Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) lǎoshī (third tone, dipping) hěn (third tone, dipping) niánqīng. (second tone, rising)···

    Our teacher is very young.

  • 他比我年轻两岁。他比我年輕兩歲。Tā (first tone, high and level) bǐ (third tone, dipping) wǒ (third tone, dipping) niánqīng (second tone, rising) liǎng (third tone, dipping) suì. (fourth tone, falling)···

    He is two years younger than me.

Common mistakes

  • Not quite这个手机很年轻。

    Correct这个手机很新。

    年轻 counts years lived, so only something alive can be it. A recently made object is 新. English "young company", "young wine" do not translate with 年轻.

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