少siu3年nin4

English

1. early youth
2. early youth; juvenile; teenager; sometimes referring to boys only
3. youngster
4. (literary) youth; young man

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 後生仔，十二歲至十八歲左右嘅年輕人；有時單指年輕男性 (量詞: 個)

Examples

• 少年罪犯

  juvenile delinquency

• 一個離家出走嘅少年

  a teenage boy who ran away from home

• 多少年过去了。

  Years passed.

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• 他是个日本少年。

  He is a Japanese boy.

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• 少年每天都會來。

  Every day the boy would come.

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• 那幅画有多少年了？

  How old is that painting?

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• 少年決定要向她求婚。

  The young man decided to propose to her.

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• 我感覺又變成了少年。

  I feel like I'm a teenager again.

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