幼幼

Chinese

		young	young
simp. and trad. (幼幼)		幼	幼

Etymology

Reduplication of 幼. The little girl sense is from 幼女 (yòunǚ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yòuyòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ ㄧㄡˋ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yòuyòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ ㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yòuyòu
    • Wade–Giles: yu⁴-yu⁴
    • Yale: yòu-yòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yowyow
    • Palladius: юю (juju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ joʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau³ jau³
    • Yale: yau yau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau³ jau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo³ yeo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯³³ jɐu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iù-iù
    • Tâi-lô: iù-iù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iuo'iux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu²¹⁻⁵³ iu²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ iu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu²¹⁻⁵³ iu²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu¹¹⁻⁵³ iu¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²¹⁻⁴¹ iu²¹/

Noun

幼幼

1. (Internet slang) little girl

Adjective

幼幼

1. (Cantonese, Southern Min) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 幼; thin; fine (not coarse)