청소년

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 靑少年, from 靑 (“청 (cheong, “youth”)”) + 少年 (“소년 (sonyeon, “child”)”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋsʰo̞ɲjʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangeul: [청소년]

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 is usually defined as a person of under twenty years in the East Asian age reckoning (eighteen or nineteen in Western age reckoning).