自幼

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	young
simp. and trad. (自幼)		自	幼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìyòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ jau³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chū-iù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìyòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhyòu
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-yu⁴
    • Yale: dz̀-yòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhyow
    • Palladius: цзыю (czyju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ joʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ jau³
    • Yale: jih yau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ jau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ yeo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² jɐu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-iù
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-iù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxiux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ iu²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁴¹⁻²² iu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ iu²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ iu¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ iu²¹/

Adverb

自幼

1. since childhood; as a child; from when one was very young

   自幼好學／自幼好学  ―  zìyòu hàoxué  ―  to be fond of learning since childhood

Synonyms

• 一小 (yīxiǎo) (dialectal)
• 從小／从小 (cóngxiǎo)
• 從細／从细 (Hokkien)
• 打小 (dǎxiǎo) (dialectal)
• 由細到大／由细到大 (jau⁴ sai³ dou³ daai⁶) (Cantonese)
• 自小 (zìxiǎo)
• 自細／自细 (zi⁶ sai³) (Cantonese, Hokkien)
• 起小 (qǐxiǎo) (dialectal)