청소년

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Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?cheongsonyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?cheongsonyeon
McCune–Reischauer?ch'ŏngsonyŏn
Yale Romanization?chengsonyen

Noun[edit]

청소년 (cheongsonyeon) (hanja 靑少年)

  1. adolescent; teenager

Usage notes[edit]

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).