姑娘 gū niang girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 小伙子 xiǎo huǒ zi young man / young guy / lad / youngster / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 代 dài to be a substitute for / to act on behalf of / to replace / to substitute / generation / dynasty / age / period / (historical) era / (geological) eon syn 世 shì life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble syn 青年 qīng nián youth / youthful years / young person / the young syn 一代 yī dài generation syn 前辈 前輩 qián bèi senior / older generation / precursor syn 下一代 xià yī dài the next generation syn 儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children / sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love) syn 长辈 長輩 zhǎng bèi one's elders / older generation syn 媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation syn 后人 後人 hòu rén later generation syn 先辈 先輩 xiān bèi an older generation / ancestors / forefathers syn 子弟 zǐ dì child / the younger generation syn 世代 shì dài for many generations / generation / era / age syn 一世 yī shì generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings) syn 父辈 父輩 fù bèi people of one's parents' generation syn 代代相传 代代相傳 dài dài xiāng chuán passed on from generation to generation (idiom) / to hand down syn 后起之秀 後起之秀 hòu qǐ zhī xiù (idiom) an up-and-coming youngster / new talent / a brilliant younger generation syn 祖传 祖傳 zǔ chuán passed on from ancestors / handed down from generation to generation syn 青年人 qīng nián rén young person / the young syn 代沟 代溝 dài gōu generation gap 后辈 後輩 hòu bèi younger generation syn 旧物 舊物 jiù wù old property (esp. inherited from former generation) / former territory syn 老一辈 老一輩 lǎo yī bèi previous generation / older generation syn 小辈 小輩 xiǎo bèi the younger generation syn 后来居上 後來居上 hòu lái jū shàng lit. late-comer lives above (idiom) / the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation / the pupil surpasses the master syn 晚辈 晚輩 wǎn bèi the younger generation / those who come after syn 新生代 xīn shēng dài new generation 末代 mò dài final generation syn 同辈 同輩 tóng bèi of the same generation / person of the same generation / peer syn 后进 後進 hòu jìn less advanced / underdeveloped / lagging behind / the younger generation / the less experienced ones syn 打工仔 dǎ gōng zǎi young worker / employee / young male worker 火力发电 火力發電 huǒ lì fā diàn thermal power generation 足下 zú xià you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation) / below the foot syn 秘传 祕傳 mì chuán to hand down secret knowledge from generation to generation within a school or family etc 祖祖辈辈 祖祖輩輩 zǔ zǔ bèi bèi for generations / from generation to generation syn 少壮派 少壯派 shào zhuàng pài young guard / young and vigorous group with new ideas / new wave 小将 小將 xiǎo jiàng (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) syn 换代 換代 huàn dài to transition to a new dynasty or regime / to replace an older product with an upgraded, new-generation one syn 二世 èr shì the Second (of numbered kings) / second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans) 少奶奶 shào nǎi nai young lady of the house / wife of the young master syn 小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) syn 新一代 xīn yī dài new generation syn 传给 傳給 chuán gei to pass on (to sb) / to send / to pass (e.g. in football) / to give directly (by hand) / to deliver / to hand over / to transfer / to relay / to transmit / to hand on (to the next generation) 第二代 dì èr dài second generation 第三代 dì sān dài third generation 二代 èr dài second generation 第一代 dì yī dài first generation 绝代 絕代 jué dài peerless / unmatched in his generation / incomparable (talent, beauty) syn 第四代 dì sì dài fourth generation 第五代 dì wǔ dài fifth generation 隔世 gé shì separated by a generation / a lifetime ago 第六代 dì liù dài sixth generation 小仙女 xiǎo xiān nǚ girl fairy / beautiful girl or young woman / (neologism) (slang) irrational and egocentric young woman 长江后浪推前浪 長江後浪推前浪 cháng jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom) / fig. the new is constantly replacing the old / each new generation excels the previous / (of things) to be constantly evolving 恶少 惡少 è shào young thug / malicious young ruffian syn 同侪 同儕 tóng chái peer / member of the same class, generation or social group 业障 業障 yè zhàng karmic hindrance (Buddhism) / karmic consequences that stand in the way of enlightenment / (term of abuse, especially toward the younger generation) devil spawn / (fig.) money syn 少东 少東 shào dōng boss's son / young master / young boss 老辈 老輩 lǎo bèi the older generation / ancestors syn 平辈 平輩 píng bèi of the same generation syn 扶老携幼 扶老攜幼 fú lǎo xié yòu taking everyone along, young and old / to look after the elderly and the young syn 尊 zūn senior / of a senior generation / to honor / to respect / honorific / classifier for cannons and statues / ancient wine vessel syn 贤 賢 xián worthy or virtuous person / honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation syn 曹 cáo class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old) syn 辈 輩 bèi lifetime / generation / group of people / class / classifier for generations / (literary) classifier for people syn 传帮带 傳幫帶 chuán bāng dài to pass on experience (to the next generation) 小 xiǎo small / tiny / few / young syn 小姐 xiǎo jie young lady / miss / (slang) prostitute / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 少 shào young syn 年轻 年輕 nián qīng young syn 妹妹 mèi mei younger sister / young woman / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 年轻人 年輕人 nián qīng rén young people / youngster syn 男生 nán shēng schoolboy / male student / boy / guy (young adult male) 女郎 nǚ láng young woman / maiden / girl / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 少女 shào nǚ girl / young lady syn 少年 shào nián early youth / youngster / (literary) youth / young man syn 从小 從小 cóng xiǎo from childhood / from a young age syn 小鸟 小鳥 xiǎo niǎo small bird / young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick) / (fig.) penis (kiddie term) / (golf) birdie syn 幼稚 yòu zhì young / childish / puerile syn 小伙 xiǎo huǒ young guy / lad / youngster / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 上下 shàng xià up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about / more or less syn 分娩 fēn miǎn to give birth to a baby / (of animals) to give birth to young syn 少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific) syn 造就 zào jiù to bring up / to train / to contribute to / achievements (usually of young people) syn 满怀 滿懷 mǎn huái to have one's heart filled with / (to collide) full on / (of farm animals) heavy with young syn 年幼 nián yòu young / underage syn 阿飞 阿飛 ā fēi hoodlum / hooligan / young rowdy syn 幼童 yòu tóng young child syn 孩提 hái tí (literary) infant / young child syn 年少 nián shào young / junior syn 香椿 xiāng chūn Chinese toon (Toona sinensis), deciduous tree whose young leaves are used as a vegetable syn 小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) 红颜 紅顏 hóng yán a beautiful woman / young beauties / youths / rosy cheeks syn 芳心 fāng xīn the affection, or heart, of a young woman 少年犯 shào nián fàn young criminal / juvenile delinquent 幼小 yòu xiǎo young / immature syn 献殷勤 獻殷勤 xiàn yīn qín to be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc) / to fawn upon (an influential politician etc) / to court sb's favor / to ingratiate oneself syn 