不良少年

Chinese

		bad; harmful; unhealthy bad; harmful; unhealthy; adverse; official in charge of making arrests	early youth; juvenile; youngster
simp. and trad. (不良少年)		不良	少年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùliáng shàonián

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ loeng⁴ siu³ nin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-liông-siàu-liân / put-liâng-siàu-liân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùliáng shàonián
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùliáng shàonián
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-liang² shao⁴-nien²
    • Yale: bù-lyáng shàu-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buliang shawnian
    • Palladius: булян шаонянь (buljan šaonjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ loeng⁴ siu³ nin⁴
    • Yale: bāt lèuhng siu nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ loeng⁴ siu³ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ lêng⁴ xiu³ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ lœːŋ²¹ siːu̯³³ niːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-liông-siàu-liân
    • Tâi-lô: put-liông-siàu-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putliongsiaolieen
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ liɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siau¹¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ liɔŋ²³⁻³³ siau²¹⁻⁴¹ liɛn²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-liâng-siàu-liân
    • Tâi-lô: put-liâng-siàu-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putliangsiaolieen
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ liaŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siau¹¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ liaŋ²³⁻³³ siau²¹⁻⁴¹ liɛn²³/

Noun

不良少年

1. hooligan; hoodlum; juvenile delinquent

Synonyms

• (literary) 太保 (tàibǎo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	良	少	年
ふ Grade: 4	りょう Grade: 4	しょう Grade: 2	ねん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From 不良(ふりょう) (furyō, “bad”) + 少年(しょうねん) (shōnen, “boy”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふりょーしょ​ーねん [fùryóóshóꜜònèǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝɾʲo̞ːɕo̞ːnẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

不(ふ)良(りょう)少(しょう)年(ねん) • (furyōshōnen) ^{←ふりやうせうねん (furyauseunen)?}

1. hooligan, juvenile delinquent

Synonyms

• 非行少年(ひこうしょうねん) (hikōshōnen)