成年 meaning in English

chéngnián

to grow to adulthood; fully grown; adult

HSK 7-9verbadverb12 strokes

Meaning of 成年

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chéngnián

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ成chéng年nián了le。

You're a grown man.

我wǒ没méi成chéng年nián。

I'm a minor.

我wǒ教jiào成chéng年nián人rén法fǎ语yǔ。

I teach French to adults.

成chéng年nián人rén很hěn难nán理lǐ解jiě那nà些xiē音yīn乐yuè。

The music is difficult for grownups to understand.

她tā还hái未wèi成chéng年nián。

She's still a minor.

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Words that share a character with 成年.

今年	jīnnián	this year
去年	qùnián	last year
明年	míngnián	next year
半年	bàn nián	half a year
新年	xīnnián	New Year
成为	chéngwéi	to become; to turn into
变成	biànchéng	to change into; to turn into
完成	wánchéng	to complete; to accomplish
年轻	niánqīng	young
成绩	chéngjì	achievement; performance records
少年	shàonián	early youth; youngster
组成	zǔchéng	to form; to make up

What does 成年 mean?

成年 (chéngnián) means "to grow to adulthood; fully grown; adult" and is used as a verb and adverb.

How do you write 成年?

成年 is made of 2 characters: 成 (6 strokes), 年 (6 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 成年 an HSK word?

Yes. 成年 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.