下放青年

Chinese

		to transfer to a lower level; to send to the countryside	youth; adolescence; young person youth; adolescence; young person; youngster; youth
trad. (下放青年)		下放	青年
simp. #(下放青年)		下放	青年

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• sent-down youth (English)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàfàng qīngnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄈㄤˋ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ fong³ cing¹ nin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàfàng qīngnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄈㄤˋ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàfàng cingnián
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-fang⁴ chʻing¹-nien²
    • Yale: syà-fàng chīng-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahfanq chingnian
    • Palladius: сяфан циннянь (sjafan cinnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ fɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ fong³ cing¹ nin⁴
    • Yale: hah fong chīng nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ fong³ tsing¹ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ fong³ qing¹ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² fɔːŋ³³ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ niːn²¹/

Noun

下放青年

1. (historical) The "sent-down", "educated", or "rusticated" youth, the zhiqing: the young Chinese sent from urban areas to the work in poor villages during the PRC's Down to the Countryside Movement (上山下鄉運動)

Synonyms

• 知識青年／知识青年 (zhīshi qīngnián)
• 知青 (zhīqīng)