Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Young: Describes a person, animal, or sometimes an entity that has lived or existed for only a short time; not old. It emphasizes the early stage of life or existence.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cô ấy còn rất trẻ tuổi. (She is still very young.)
  • Đó là một quốc gia trẻ tuổi. (That is a young nation.)
  • Anh ấy là một giáo viên trẻ tuổi đầy nhiệt huyết. (He is a young, passionate teacher.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase can be used metaphorically to describe abstract concepts, institutions, or movements that are new or in their early stages.
  • Một nền dân chủ trẻ tuổi (A young democracy).

Variants and Related Words

• Trẻ (adj): young. This is the root adjective and is more general. "Trẻ tuổi" specifically ties youth to age.
  • Đứa trẻ (The child).
• Tuổi trẻ (n): youth (as a life stage or period).
  • Tuổi trẻ là mùa xuân của cuộc đời. (Youth is the spring of life.)

Synonyms

• Young: being in an early period of life or growth.
• Youthful: characteristic of or suggesting youth.

Antonyms

• Già (adj): old.
• Lớn tuổi (adj): older, elderly.

Related Phrases

• Trẻ trung (adj): youthful, often referring to appearance, energy, or spirit rather than just chronological age.
  • Bà ấy trông rất trẻ trung. (She looks very youthful.)
• Ở tuổi đôi mươi (phrase): in one's twenties, a common period described as "trẻ tuổi."
  • Khi còn ở tuổi đôi mươi, anh ấy đã đi du lịch khắp nơi. (When he was in his twenties, he traveled everywhere.)

adj

1. young