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自幼

自幼

Chinese

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

Adverb

自幼

(literary) since childhood; from when one was very young

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zìyòu

(Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ jau³
Min Nan (POJ): chū-iù

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zìyòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄧㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhyow
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ i̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ jau³
  - Yale: jih yau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ jau³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² jɐu̯³³/
Min Nan
- (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/