청소년

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 靑少年, from 靑 (“youth”) + 少年 (“child”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋsʰo̞ɲʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [청소년]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?cheongsonyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?cheongsonyeon
McCune–Reischauer?ch'ŏngsonyŏn
Yale Romanization?chengsonyen

Noun

청소년 • (cheongsonyeon) (hanja 靑少年)

  1. adolescent; teenager

Usage notes

In South Korea, 청소년 (cheongsonyeon) is usually defined as a person of under twenty years in the East Asian age reckoning (eighteen or nineteen in Western age reckoning).

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