幼女

yòunǚ

noun #36,940

Meanings

1 young girl
2 (legal) female minor (under 14 in PRC criminal law)

Characters

young; immature

Examples

HSK 4

她带着幼女在公园散步。

Tā dài zhe yòunǚ zài gōngyuán sànbù.

She walked her young daughter through the park.

HSK 7-9

中国法律严厉打击侵犯幼女的犯罪。

Zhōngguó fǎlǜ yánlì dǎjī qīnfàn yòunǚ de fànzuì.

Chinese law severely punishes crimes against young girls.

Tips

register

Two registers: in everyday speech 幼女 simply means 'young/little daughter'; in PRC criminal law it specifically means a girl under 14, the age of consent. News articles about 'crimes against 幼女' almost always invoke the legal sense, so context is decisive.

Stroke Order

幼 yòu

女 nǚ