HSK 2 · Life stages

年轻

nián qīng

young

Stroke order of 年轻

2 characters, 15 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

年 · 6 strokes 轻 · 9 strokes

Memory trick

Few years "年" and a light "轻" cart "车": light in years, young.

Parts: 年: year; 轻: 车 vehicle + 𢀖 (phonetic) — light

The characters in 年轻

年 nián — year (6 strokes)
轻 qīng — light (in weight) (9 strokes)

Example sentence

她看起来很年轻。

She looks very young.

Words with 年

年year 今年this year 明年next year 去年last year 新年New Year 半年half a year 青年youth; young people 少年teenager; juvenile 青少年teenagers; young people 老年old age; elderly 中年middle age 周年anniversary 前年the year before last 全年the whole year 年级grade; year (in school)过年to celebrate the New Year 年代decade; era 年初beginning of the year

Words with 轻

轻light (in weight)

More words: Life stages

青年youth; young people 少年teenager; juvenile 青少年teenagers; young people 老年old age; elderly 中年middle age 长大to grow up 小时候in childhood 从小since childhood 一生all one's life 出生to be born 生to give birth; to be born; raw 日子day; life; days 生活life; to live 家庭family; household 家长parent; head of family 全家the whole family

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