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  *小* | 小* | *小
small / tiny / few / young
HSK 1
from childhood; from a young age
HSK 2
young
HSK 2
early youth / youngster / (literary) youth; young man
HSK 2
schoolboy / male student / boy / guy (young adult male)
HSK 1
young lady / miss / (slang) prostitute / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
younger sister / young woman / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
children; sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love)
HSK 5
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  *毛* | 毛* | *毛
hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen )
HSK 1
young man / young guy / lad / youngster / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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  *弱* | 弱* | *弱
weak; feeble / young / inferior; not as good as / (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than
HSK 4
youth / youthful years / young person / the young
HSK 2
(coll.) young man; polite or friendly form of address or reference for a young male
since childhood; from a young age
young and strong; in the prime of youth
(derog.) young woman who works in a factory
very young kitten
very young puppy
(derog.) young man who works in a factory
sapling; young tree (esp. nursery-grown)
father's concubine / (coll.) stepmother (esp. a young stepmother)
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  *少* | 少* | *少
young
to grow into one's looks; (of a young person) to develop more attractive facial features as one grows older
(neologism, attested by 2017) (coll.) chill about everything (typically used to describe young people who don't buy into aspirational society)
(derog.) young man from a wealthy family
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  *BM* | BM* | *BM
Brandy Melville, fashion brand known for clothes targeted at very slim young women / (generic usage) fashions for petite young women
girl / young lady
HSK 7-9
young people / youngster
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  *青* | 青* | *青
green / blue / black / youth / young (of people)
HSK 5
young and tender / puerile / soft and immature
fine horse / brilliant young man
youngest son; very young son
flower bud / young flower still tightly rolled up
(dialect) wife / (dialect) young married woman
little girl who is older than another young child (e.g. her playmate) / (neologism c. 2017) (slang) young lady (amiable form of address for a young woman of about one's own age or a little older)
young child
to bring up / to train / to contribute to / achievements (usually of young people)
HSK 7-9
young girl
eldest daughter of an affluent family / (polite) your daughter / bossy or indulged young woman / Miss High and Mighty
to look after a baby; to take care of a young child
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  *娘* | 娘* | *娘
mother / young lady / (coll.) effeminate
HSK 7-9
beautiful face (of a young lady)
young child / (humble) my son
young sprout / bud / sapling / seedling
young / childish / puerile
HSK 7-9
Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people in ten days, written by Giovanni Boccaccio 薄伽丘
young lady of note; debutante
taking everyone along, young and old / to look after the elderly and the young
young person who pursues multiple careers simultaneously; a young slashie
to give birth to a baby / (of animals) to give birth to young
(slang) young Russian woman
stupid young fellow / idiot
Young Pioneers of China, abbr. for 少年先鋒隊|少年先锋队
(coll.) young person; youngster
(Tw) young people; youngster
hand foot and mouth disease, HFMD, caused by a number of intestinal viruses, usually affecting young children
little boy who is older than another young child (e.g. his playmate) / (neologism c. 2017) (slang) amiable form of address for a young man of about one's own age or a little older
young guard / young and vigorous group with new ideas / new wave
cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.
young person / the young
young guy / lad / youngster / CL: 個|个
(slang) young boy who displays skills, maturity, or coolness beyond his age
Brigham Young University
(slang) young girl who displays skills, maturity, or coolness beyond her age
(slang) naive, clingy, emotionally dependent, cute young guy (type of boyfriend)
to be in love when one is too young; puppy love
a dad (father of a young child)
(Daoism) a spirit medium, often a young person, believed to be possessed by a deity during rituals, acting as an intermediary for communication between the spirit world and humans
son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific)
men, women, young and old / everybody
ginseng and young deer antler (used in TCM)
dining room for young schoolchildren unable to go home for lunch
since childhood; from a young age
small bird / young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick) / (fig.) penis (kiddie term) / (golf) birdie
(dialect) from childhood; from a young age
to instruct the young / to initiate / to awake sb from ignorance / to free sb from prejudice or superstition / primer / enlightened / the Enlightenment / Western learning from the late Qing dynasty
HSK 7-9
young person / youngster
young child
to look after a baby; to take care of a young child
to have one's heart filled with / (to collide) full on / (of farm animals) heavy with young
HSK 7-9
young child / infant / preschooler
to work in the fields (esp. young school-leavers) / forced agricultural experience for city intellectuals
(Internet slang) sweet, naive young woman
(coll.) popular young actress
attractive young man (usually derog.) / pretty boy / gigolo
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  *彪* | 彪* | *彪
(literary) tiger stripes; (by extension) ornate and brightly colored; (by synecdoche) young tiger; (fig.) strong; stalwart / (old) classifier for troops
young / underage
(idiom) young and inexperienced; unsophisticated
as a lotus flower breaking the surface (idiom); surpassingly beautiful (of young lady's face or old gentleman's calligraphy)
young woman / maiden / girl / CL: 個|个,
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  *嫩* | 嫩* | *嫩
young and tender / (of food) tender; lightly cooked / (of color) light / (of a person) inexperienced; unskilled
HSK 7-9
(coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family / (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official)
young married woman
young / junior
young generation / youth / young man
the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom) / the younger generations will surpass us in time
beautiful eyebrow and white teeth (idiom); lovely young woman
(coll.) young married couple
young criminal / juvenile delinquent

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