青春期
qīngchūnqī
adolescence
Characters in this word
春 chūn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
期 qī
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 青春期的孩子需要理解，也需要明确的界限。 Qīngchūnqī de háizi xūyào lǐjiě, yě xūyào míngquè de jièxiàn. Adolescents need understanding, but they also need clear boundaries.
- 进入青春期后，他的声音变粗了。 Jìnrù qīngchūnqī hòu, tā de shēngyīn biàn cū le. After he entered adolescence, his voice became deeper.
- 青春期的女儿常常不愿意跟父母说心里话。 Qīngchūnqī de nǚ'ér chángcháng bú yuànyì gēn fùmǔ shuō xīnlǐhuà. A daughter in adolescence often does not want to open up to her parents.
Related words
- 青年 qīngnián young person; young people
- 青少年 qīngshàonián teenager; young people
- 青春 qīngchūn youth
- 青 qīng green
- 青睐 qīnglài to favour; to look upon favourably
- 青铜器 qīngtóngqì bronze ware; bronze vessel
- 春节 Chūnjié Spring Festival
- 春天 chūntiān spring
- 春季 chūnjì spring
- 新春 xīnchūn the Spring Festival; early spring
- 日期 rìqī date
- 星期 xīngqī week