Chinese
年輕
niánqīng
young
- TOCFL 3
- 年轻
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Lineage
- characterChinese年 “year (in generic contexts)”
- meaningChinese禾 “grain; cereal”
- soundChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
- characterChinese輕 “light (of low weight)”
- meaningChinese車 “land vehicle; (specifically) car (Classifier: 輛／辆 m; 部 m c; 臺／台 m mn; 架 c; 頂／顶 mn; 張／张 mn-t; 乘 m)”
- soundChinese巠 “streams running underground”
Sources
- HSK / TOCFL word lists — Facts (levels)
- 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
- Written form — n/a
- Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0