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 青年 qīng nián youth / youthful years / young person / the young syn 儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children / sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love) syn 盆栽 pén zāi to grow (a plant) in a pot / potted plant (sometimes refers specifically to a bonsai plant) 青年人 qīng nián rén young person / the young syn 后生 後生 hòu shēng young generation / youth / young man syn 打工仔 dǎ gōng zǎi young worker / employee / young male worker 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 少奶奶 shào nǎi nai young lady of the house / wife of the young master syn 小仙女 xiǎo xiān nǚ girl fairy / beautiful girl or young woman / (neologism) (slang) irrational and egocentric young woman 恶少 惡少 è shào young thug / malicious young ruffian syn 少东 少東 shào dōng boss's son / young master / young boss 紫草 zǐ cǎo red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae) 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 小 xiǎo small / tiny / few / young syn 种 種 zhòng to plant / to grow / to cultivate 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 结 結 jiē (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds) / Taiwan pr. [jie2] 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 植物 zhí wù plant / vegetation / CL:種|种[zhong3] 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 底线 底線 dǐ xiàn bottom line / the limit of what one is prepared to accept / (sports) baseline / (sewing) under thread / spy / informer / plant 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 脂肪 zhī fáng fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food) syn 上下 shàng xià up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about / more or less syn 薄荷 bò he mint (plant) / Taiwan pr. [bo4he2] 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 种植 種植 zhòng zhí to plant / to grow (a crop) / to cultivate syn 核电站 核電站 hé diàn zhàn nuclear power plant 诬陷 誣陷 wū xiàn to entrap / to frame / to plant false evidence against sb syn 年幼 nián yòu young / underage syn 救治 jiù zhì to provide critical care (to a patient or a diseased plant) syn 萎缩 萎縮 wěi suō to wither / to dry up (of a plant) / to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc) syn 阿飞 阿飛 ā fēi hoodlum / hooligan / young rowdy syn 幼童 yòu tóng young child syn 安插 ān chā to place in a certain position / to assign to a job / to plant / resettlement (old) syn 果实 果實 guǒ shí fruit (produced by a plant) / (fig.) fruits (of success etc) / results / gains syn 孩提 hái tí (literary) infant / young child syn 发电厂 發電廠 fā diàn chǎng power plant 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 柴火 chái huo plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc) 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) 发芽 發芽 fā yá (of a seed) to germinate / (of a plant) to sprout / to bud / (fig.) (of an idea or plan etc) to start to develop syn 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 萌芽 méng yá (of a seed) to germinate / (of a plant) to sprout / to bud / sprout / bud / (also used figuratively) syn 少年犯 shào nián fàn young criminal / juvenile delinquent 化工厂 化工廠 huà gōng chǎng chemical factory / chemical plant 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 电站 電站 diàn zhàn a power station / an electricity generating plant syn 幼苗 yòu miáo young sprout / bud / sapling / seedling syn 木薯 mù shǔ cassava, a tropical tuber plant syn 幼儿 幼兒 yòu ér young child / infant / preschooler syn 加工厂 加工廠 jiā gōng chǎng processing plant 启蒙 啟蒙 qǐ méng 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 syn 夭折 yāo zhé to die young or prematurely / to come to a premature end / to be aborted prematurely syn 小青年 xiǎo qīng nián young person / youngster syn 小两口 小兩口 xiǎo liǎng kǒu (coll.) young married couple syn 少妇 少婦 shào fù young married woman syn 电厂 電廠 diàn chǎng electric power plant 植被 zhí bèi vegetation / plant cover syn 血气方刚 血氣方剛 xuè qì fāng gāng full of sap (idiom) / young and vigorous syn 制造厂 製造廠 zhì zào chǎng manufacturing plant / factory 含羞草 hán xiū cǎo mimosa / sensitive plant (that closes its leaves when touched) 封顶 封頂 fēng dǐng to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch) 初出茅庐 初出茅廬 chū chū máo lú venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom) / young and inexperienced / novice / greenhorn syn 核电厂 核電廠 hé diàn chǎng nuclear power plant 雏儿 雛兒 chú ér newly hatched bird / fig. inexperienced person / fig. chick (slighting term for young woman) / bimbo syn 茂密 mào mì dense (of plant growth) / lush syn 蓖麻 bì má castor-oil plant syn 老少 lǎo shào the old and the young syn 植树 植樹 zhí shù to plant trees 稚嫩 zhì nèn young and tender / puerile / soft and immature syn 栽种 栽種 zāi zhòng to plant / to grow syn 幼女 yòu nǚ young girl syn 黄花 黃花 huáng huā yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl) syn 学名 學名 xué míng scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students 苗圃 miáo pǔ plant nursery / seedbed 师弟 師弟 shī dì young disciple (of the same master) / younger or junior male schoolmate 水生 shuǐ shēng aquatic (plant, animal) 娇媚 嬌媚 jiāo mèi flirtatious / coquettish / sweet and charming / beautiful young woman (old) syn 植株 zhí zhū plant (horticulture) syn 花枝 huā zhī spray (sprig of a plant with blossoms) / cuttlefish (on dining menus) / (literary) beautiful woman 