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

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

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)

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)

a minor

Synonyms

子供 (こども) (kodomo)

Antonyms

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

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