Kilo Lingo

(nián qīng) - young in Mandarin

niánqīng

Traditional: 年輕

Line drawing of 年轻
Coloured illustration of 年轻
HSK 3
#694 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

young

Word origin

年轻 (niánqīng) 'young' literally means 'light in years': 年 'year' plus 轻 'light, not heavy'. 轻 has the cart radical 车, originally a light carriage, with phonetic on the right.

Origin
compound
Root
年 (year) + 轻 (light)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 年

Stroke order for 轻

Examples

He is still very young.

Young people like to travel.

My mum looks very young.

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This word is part of lesson 14.