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

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

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)

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