Chinese word dictionary

少年

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

Word information

Simplified少年
Traditional少年
Pinyinshàonián
Part of speech
HSK 3.04
HSK 2.0Not listed

How to learn 少年

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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