少年愛
Chinese
| early youth; juvenile; youngster | to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (少年愛) | 少年 | 愛 | |
| simp. (少年爱) | 少年 | 爱 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): shàonián'ài
- (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄞˋ
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shàonián'ài
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄞˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shàonián-ài
- Wade–Giles: shao4-nien2-ai4
- Yale: shàu-nyán-ài
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shawnianay
- Palladius: шаоняньай (šaonjanʹaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
少年愛
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 少 | 年 | 愛 |
| しょう Grade: 2 |
ねん Grade: 1 |
あい Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi | ||
Etymology
少年 (shōnen, “boy”) + 愛 (ai, “love”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɕo̞ːnẽ̞ɰ̃a̠i]
Noun
少年愛 • (shōnen'ai)
- pederasty, love toward adolescent boys
- 2008, Kiryū Misao, Sekai jōshi taizen: ‘ai’ to ‘shi’ to ‘eros’ no bigaku [World collection of lovers’ suicide: aesthetics of ‘love’ and ‘death’ and ‘eros’], page 1:
- 人間の肉体、とくに均整のとれた青年の肉体はもっとも美しいものとして称賛された。同性の裸身に触れる機会の多いことは、いやでも若者に少年愛を目覚めさせずにはおかなかった。
- Ningen no nikutai, tokuni kinsei no toreta seinen no nikutai wa mottomo utsukushī mono to shite shōsansareta. Dōsei no rashin ni fureru kikai no ōi koto wa, iya de mo wakamono ni shōnen'ai o mezamesasezu ni wa okanakatta.
- The human body, especially the well-proportioned body of a young man, was widely admired as the greatest beauty. The many opportunities to come into contact of with naked bodies of the same sex could not help but awaken a sense of pederasty in young men.
- 人間の肉体、とくに均整のとれた青年の肉体はもっとも美しいものとして称賛された。同性の裸身に触れる機会の多いことは、いやでも若者に少年愛を目覚めさせずにはおかなかった。
- (manga) yaoi, boy's love, shounen ai (a subgenre of manga depicting love affairs between young men or boys)
Synonyms
- (pederasty): 少年愛嗜好 (shōnen'aishikō)