起小

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young
trad. (起小)		起	小
simp. #(起小)		起	小

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐxiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² siu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐxiǎo [Phonetic: qíxiǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐsiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-hsiao³
    • Yale: chǐ-syǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiisheau
    • Palladius: цисяо (cisjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐxiǎor [Phonetic: qíxiǎor]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐsiǎor
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-hsiao³-ʼrh
    • Yale: chǐ-syǎur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiisheaul
    • Palladius: цисяор (cisjaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯aʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² siu²
    • Yale: héi síu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² siu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² xiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ siːu̯³⁵/

Adverb

起小

1. (dialectal) 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)
• 自小 (zìxiǎo)
• 自幼 (zìyòu)
• 自細／自细 (zi⁶ sai³) (Cantonese, Hokkien)