自小

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young
simp. and trad. (自小)		自	小

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìxiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ siu²
• Jin (Wiktionary): zi³ xiau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìxiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhsiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-hsiao³
    • Yale: dz̀-syǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhsheau
    • Palladius: цзысяо (czysjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ siu²
    • Yale: jih síu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ siu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ xiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² siːu̯³⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: zi³ xiau³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sz̩⁴⁵ ɕiau⁴⁵/

Adverb

自小

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

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)
• 自幼 (zìyòu)
• 自細／自细 (zi⁶ sai³) (Cantonese, Hokkien)
• 起小 (qǐxiǎo) (dialectal)