知識青年

See also: 知识青年

Chinese

		knowledge; intellect; intelligence	youth; adolescence; young person youth; adolescence; young person; youngster; youth
trad. (知識青年)		知識	青年
simp. (知识青年)		知识	青年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīshi qīngnián, zhīshì qīngnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ˙ㄕ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄋㄧㄢˊ, ㄓ ㄕˋ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ sik¹ cing¹ nin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīshi qīngnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ˙ㄕ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihshi̊h cingnián
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-shih⁵ chʻing¹-nien²
    • Yale: jr̄-shr chīng-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy.shy chingnian
    • Palladius: чжиши циннянь (čžiši cinnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩² t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīshì qīngnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄕˋ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihshìh cingnián
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-shih⁴ chʻing¹-nien²
    • Yale: jr̄-shr̀ chīng-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyshyh chingnian
    • Palladius: чжиши циннянь (čžiši cinnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ sik¹ cing¹ nin⁴
    • Yale: jī sīk chīng nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ sik⁷ tsing¹ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ xig¹ qing¹ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ niːn²¹/

Noun

知識青年

1. (historical) the zhiqing, "educated youth", "rusticated youth", or "sent-down youth": 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)

Synonyms

• (short form) 知青 (zhīqīng)
• 下放青年 (xiàfàng qīngnián)