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青涩

青澀
qīngsè
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 unripe (of fruit)
  2. 2 young and inexperienced; green
  3. 3 naive, with the awkwardness of youth

Examples

HSK 3
她演的是一个青涩的高中生。
Tā yǎn de shì yī gè qīngsè de gāozhōngshēng.
She plays a fresh-faced, awkward high school student.
HSK 5
看这张老照片，他当年多么青涩。
Kàn zhè zhāng lǎo zhàopiàn, tā dāngnián duōme qīngsè.
Look at this old photo - how green and youthful he was back then.
HSK 7-9
这些柿子还很青涩，不能吃。
Zhèxiē shìzi hái hěn qīngsè, bùnéng chī.
These persimmons are still unripe and not edible yet.

Tips

memory
Literally 'green and astringent' - the puckery taste of an unripe fruit. The figurative jump to 'young and unpolished' is the same metaphor English makes with 'green'.

Stroke Order

青 qīng
涩 sè