청소년

Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋsʰo̞ɲʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
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, (cheongsonyeon) is usually defined as a person of under twenty years in the East Asian age reckoning (eighteen or nineteen in Western age reckoning).