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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

청년

Native Script:한국어 한글

Pronunciation / Transliteration: cheongnyeon

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Young-chap/ˈjʌŋ.tʃæp/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그 청년은 꿈을 향해 열심히 달리고 있다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A young boy or a young man, often used in a familiar, friendly, or slightly patronizing manner.

    "The helpful young-chap carried our groceries all the way to the car."
  2. 2

    An inexperienced or youthful fellow in a given profession or social circle.

    "He's a bright young-chap who has a very promising career ahead of him in engineering."
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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines the Old English 'geong' (meaning young, youthful) with 'chap', an 18th-century shortening of 'chapman' (meaning a merchant, trader, or customer, later generalized to mean a man or fellow). Historically used in British English colloquial contexts to affectionately or casually refer to a young boy or young man.

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