少年

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Chinese

young; few; little
young; few; little; lack
 
 year
simp. and trad.
(少年) 		少 年
anagram 年少

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 少 年
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 書 (26) 泥 (8)
Final (韻) 宵 (91) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III IV
Fanqie 失照切 奴顚切
Baxter syewH nen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɕiᴇuH/ /nen/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɕiɛuH/ /nen/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɕjæuH/ /nɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɕiawH/ /nɛn/
Li
Rong 		/ɕiɛuH/ /nen/
Wang
Li 		/ɕĭɛuH/ /nien/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɕi̯ɛuH/ /nien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shào nián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		siu3 nin4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 少 年
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		shào nián
Middle
Chinese 		‹ syewH › ‹ nen ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ewʔ-s/ /*C.nˁi/
English young harvest; year

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 少 年
Reading # 2/2 1/1
No. 13708 9482
Phonetic
component 		小 秊
Rime
group 		宵 眞
Rime
subdivision 		2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		少
Old
Chinese 		/*hmjews/ /*niːŋ/
Notes 同秊

Noun

少年

  1. early youth (from ten to sixteen years old)
    少年時代／少年时代  ―  shàonián shídài  ―  early youth
  2. juvenile; youngster
  3. (literary) young man; boy

Synonyms

Derived terms

Adjective

少年

  1. (literary or Hokkien, Zhao'an Hakka) young

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 年輕 (“young”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 少
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 年輕
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 年輕
Taiwan 年輕
Malaysia 年輕
Singapore 年輕
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 年輕
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 年輕
Xi'an 年輕
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 年輕
Wuhan 年輕
Liuzhou 後生
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 年輕
Hefei 年輕
Cantonese Guangzhou 後生, 年紀嫩, 年青
Hong Kong 後生, 年青, 年輕
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 後生
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 後生
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 後生
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 後生
Macau 後生
Guangzhou (Panyu) 後生
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 後生
Guangzhou (Conghua) 後生
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 後生
Foshan 後生
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 後生
Foshan (Shunde) 後生
Foshan (Sanshui) 後生
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 年嫩
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 後生
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 後生
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 後生
Zhuhai (Doumen) 後生
Jiangmen (Baisha) 後生
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 後生
Taishan 後生
Kaiping (Chikan) 後生
Enping (Niujiang) 後生
Heshan (Yayao) 後生
Dongguan 後生
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 後生
Yangjiang 後生
Danzhou 嫩
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 後生
Singapore (Guangfu) 後生
Gan Nanchang 年輕, 後生
Lichuan 年輕, 後生
Pingxiang 後生
Hakka Meixian 後生
Xingning 後生
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 後生
Huidong (Daling) 後生
Dongguan (Qingxi) 後生
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 後生
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 後生
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 後生
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 後生
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 後生
Changting 後生
Wuping 後生
Wuping (Pingyu) 後生
Liancheng 後生
Ninghua 後生
Ruijin 後生
Shicheng 後生
Shangyou (Shexi) 後生
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 後生
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 後生
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 後生
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 後生
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 後生
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 少年
Hong Kong 後生
Senai (Huiyang) 後生
Singkawang 後生
Huizhou Jixi 後生
Jin Taiyuan 年輕
Northern Min Jian'ou 後生
Jianyang 後生
Pucheng (Shibei) 後生
Eastern Min Fuzhou 後生
Fuqing 後生
Matsu 後生, 年輕
Singapore (Fuqing) 年輕
Southern Min Xiamen 少年
Xiamen (Tong'an) 少年
Quanzhou 少年
Zhangzhou 少年
Zhao'an 後生
Taipei 少年, 細漢
New Taipei (Sanxia) 細漢
Kaohsiung 少年, 細漢
Yilan 少年, 細漢
Changhua (Lukang) 少年, 細漢
Taichung 少年, 細漢
Taichung (Wuqi) 少年
Tainan 少年, 細漢
Taitung 少年
Hsinchu 少年, 細漢
Kinmen 少年, 細漢
Penghu (Magong) 少年, 細漢
Penang (Hokkien) 少年
Singapore (Hokkien) 少年, 後生
Manila (Hokkien) 少年, 少歲, 後生
Zhangping (Yongfu) 少年, 後生仔
Datian 後生
Chaozhou 後生
Shantou 後生
Shantou (Chenghai) 後生
Jieyang 後生
Bangkok (Teochew) 後生
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 後生
Singapore (Teochew) 後生
Leizhou 後生
Wenchang 幼, 年青
Haikou 幼
Singapore (Hainanese) 幼
Puxian Min Putian 後生
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 後生
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 後生
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 後生
Xianyou 後生
Xianyou (Fengting) 後生
Xianyou (Youyang) 後生
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 後生
Wu Shanghai 年輕, 後生
Suzhou 年紀輕
Hangzhou 後生
Ningbo 後生, 年紀輕
Wenzhou 後生
Xiang Changsha 冒年紀, 年輕
Shuangfeng 冒年紀

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (少年):

Further reading

Japanese

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少年 (shōnen): a boy.
Kanji in this term
少 年
しょう
Grade: 2 		ねん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

/seunen/ → /ɕeunen/ → /ɕoːnen/

Borrowing from Middle Chinese 少年 (syewH nen, literally “young + years”). Compare modern Cantonese 少年 (siu3 nin4), Mandarin 少年 (shàonián), Korean 소년 (sonyeon), Vietnamese thiếu niên.

Originally referred to young people of either gender. The meaning has narrowed in modern usage to more commonly refer to boys of elementary school or middle school age.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

少(しょう)年(ねん) • (shōnen) ←せうねん (seunen)?

  1. a boy, a young man
    少(しょう)年(ねん)時(じ)代(だい)
    shōnen jidai
    childhood, boyhood
    少(しょう)年(ねん)はこの漫(まん)画(が)が大(だい)好(す)きで、もう売(う)り切(き)れになっています。
    Shōnen wa kono manga ga daisuki de, mō urikire ni natte imasu.
    Boys really like this manga, and it's already sold out.
    • 2011 February 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(びゃく)三(さん)十(じゅう)四(よん)訓(くん)　銭(せん)湯(とう)では身(み)も心(こころ)も丸(まる)裸(はだか) [Lesson 334: Our Bodies and Souls Are All Naked in the Public Baths]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 38 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      バーさん　俺(おれ)は心(こころ)は少(しょう)年(ねん)だから二(ふた)人(り)で200(にひゃく)円(えん)で頼(たの)むわ
      Bā-san ore wa kokoro wa shōnen da kara futari de nihyaku-en de tanomu wa
      Granny, I’m still a boy at heart, so make it 200 yen for two.
    • 2017 April 15, “星(せい)杯(はい)に選(えら)ばれし者(もの) [Chosen by the Star Chalice]”, in CODE(コード) OF(オブ) THE(ザ) DUELIST(デュエリスト), Konami:
      機(き)怪(かい)の残(ざん)骸(がい)で武(ぶ)装(そう)する、真(ま)っ直(す)ぐな心(こころ)の少(しょう)年(ねん)。
      Kikai no zangai de busō suru, massugu na kokoro no shōnen.
      An upright boy armed with the remains of Mechstrosities.

Derived terms

See also

See also

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
少年

Noun

少年 • (sonyeon) (hangeul 소년)

  1. hanja form? of 소년 (“boy, young person”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
少年

Noun

少年

  1. chữ Hán form of thiếu niên (“related to adolescence”).
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