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 继承人 繼承人 jì chéng rén heir / successor syn 儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children / sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love) syn 继任 繼任 jì rèn to succeed sb in a job / successor syn 接班人 jiē bān rén successor syn 青年人 qīng nián rén young person / the young syn 后生 後生 hòu shēng young generation / youth / young man syn 接力棒 jiē lì bàng relay baton / (fig.) responsibilities (passed over to one's successor) 打工仔 dǎ gōng zǎi young worker / employee / young male worker 后任 後任 hòu rèn successor / to take up a position subsequently as ... / (attributive) future / subsequent 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 少奶奶 shào nǎi nai young lady of the house / wife of the young master syn 继承者 繼承者 jì chéng zhě successor syn 蜀汉 蜀漢 shǔ hàn Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han 继任者 繼任者 jì rèn zhě successor 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 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 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 幼苗 yòu miáo young sprout / bud / sapling / seedling syn 幼儿 幼兒 yòu ér young child / infant / preschooler syn 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 血气方刚 血氣方剛 xuè qì fāng gāng full of sap (idiom) / young and vigorous syn 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 雏儿 雛兒 chú ér newly hatched bird / fig. inexperienced person / fig. chick (slighting term for young woman) / bimbo syn 老少 lǎo shào the old and the young syn 稚嫩 zhì nèn young and tender / puerile / soft and immature 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 师弟 師弟 shī dì young disciple (of the same master) / younger or junior male schoolmate 娇媚 嬌媚 jiāo mèi flirtatious / coquettish / sweet and charming / beautiful young woman (old) syn 老小 lǎo xiǎo the old and the young / the youngest member of the family syn 蓓蕾 bèi lěi flower bud / young flower still tightly rolled up syn 芳龄 芳齡 fāng líng age (of a young woman) 嫩叶 嫩葉 nèn yè tender young leaves 闺秀 閨秀 guī xiù well-bred young lady 鹿茸 lù róng young deer antler prior to ossification (used in TCM) syn 超龄 超齡 chāo líng too old / overage / (of a young person's behavior or attributes) beyond one's years / adultlike 稚子 zhì zǐ young child syn 相公 xiàng gong lord / master / young gentleman / male prostitute / catamite / mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes / (old form of address for one's husband) husband syn 红领巾 紅領巾 hóng lǐng jīn red neckscarf / by extension, a member of the Young Pioneers 花旦 huā dàn role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera syn 打工妹 dǎ gōng mèi young female worker 年富力强 年富力強 nián fù lì qiáng young and vigorous (idiom) syn 少年老成 shào nián lǎo chéng accomplished though young / lacking youthful vigor 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 小儿 小兒 xiǎo ér young child / (humble) my son syn 青衣 qīng yī black clothes / servant (old) / young woman role in Chinese opera, also called 正旦[zheng4 dan4] syn 青涩 青澀 qīng sè underripe / (fig.) young and inexperienced 偶像剧 偶像劇 ǒu xiàng jù idol drama / drama series in which the actors are chosen for their preexisting popularity with young viewers 少先队 少先隊 shào xiān duì Young Pioneers of China, abbr. for 少年先鋒隊|少年先锋队[Shao4 nian2 Xian1 feng1 dui4] 靓仔 靚仔 liàng zǎi handsome young man 貌美 mào měi good looks / pretty (e.g. young woman) 小白脸 小白臉 xiǎo bái liǎn attractive young man (usually derog.) / pretty boy / gigolo 芳华 芳華 fāng huá young years / youth 少先队员 少先隊員 shào xiān duì yuán member of the Young Pioneers 早死 zǎo sǐ to die while still relatively young / to have been dead (for some years) 竖直 豎直 shù zhí vertical / to erect / to set upright / vertical stroke in Chinese characters / young servant (old) 萝莉 蘿莉 luó lì a Lolita (young, cute girl) 青年节 青年節 qīng nián jié Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off 小媳妇 小媳婦 xiǎo xí fu young married woman / mistress / (fig.) punching bag / (old) child bride 