少年(shào nián)

HSK 42 characters

early youth

Character breakdown

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Example sentences

How 少年 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

  • 他是个日本少年

    tā shì gè rì běn shào nián

    He is a Japanese boy.

  • 我昨天遇到的少年叫托尼。

    wǒ zuó tiān yù dào de shào nián jiào tuō ní

    The young man I met yesterday is named Tony.

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