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The Cantonese word siu nin - 少年 - siu3 nin4
(juvenile in Cantonese)





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Romanization (Jyutping)

siu3 nin4

English translations

juvenile,
youngster

Chinese characters:

少年
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少年 (siu3 nin4) is composed of these characters: 少, 年
The traditional Chinese characters of siu3 nin4 are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.

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also: young  |  year
少年 ( siu nin / siu3 nin4 ) belongs to the 1000 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 717)

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