未成年

未成年

Chinese

		not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1-3 pm	to become an adult; to grow up; to come of age to become an adult; to grow up; to come of age; all year; for the whole year
simp. and trad. (未成年)		未	成年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèichéngnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ sing⁴ nin⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): bī-sêng-liân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wèichéngnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weycherngnian
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁶ sing⁴ nin⁴
    • Yale: meih sìhng nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ sing⁴ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ xing⁴ nin⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² sɪŋ²¹ niːn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī-sêng-liân
    • Tâi-lô: bī-sîng-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixsenglieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi²²⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹⁻²² ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi²²⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ¹³⁻²² liɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi³³⁻¹¹ ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi³³⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ²³⁻³³ liɛn²³/

Adjective

未成年

1. underage

   未成年子女  ―  wèichéngnián zǐnǚ  ―  non-adult children

Derived terms

未成年人 (wèichéngniánrén) 未成年犯 (wèichéngniánfàn)

未成年者 (wèichéngniánzhě)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (未成年):

• → Japanese: 未 (み)成 (せい)年 (ねん) (miseinen)
• → Korean: 미성년 (未成年, miseongnyeon)
• → Vietnamese: vị thành niên (未成年)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
未	成	年
み Grade: 4	せい Grade: 4	ねん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

未 (“not yet”) +‎ 成年 (“adult age”)

Noun

未成年 (hiragana みせいねん, rōmaji miseinen)

1. a minor

Synonyms

• 子供 (こども) (kodomo)

Antonyms

• 成 (せい)人 (じん) (seijin)
• 大人 (おとな) (otona)