從小

See also: 从小

Chinese

		from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young
trad. (從小)		從	小
simp. (从小)		从	小

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): cóngxiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cong² xiao³
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ siu²
Jin (Wiktionary): cung¹ xiau²
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶zon-shiau₅ / ²zon-siau₃
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zong² siau³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cóngxiǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cóngsiǎo
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻung²-hsiao³
  - Yale: tsúng-syǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsorngsheau
  - Palladius: цунсяо (cunsjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cóngxiǎor
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cóngsiǎor
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻung²-hsiao³-ʼrh
  - Yale: tsúng-syǎur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsorngsheaul
  - Palladius: цунсяор (cunsjaor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ ɕi̯aʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: cong² xiao³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cungxiao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰoŋ²¹ ɕiau⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cung⁴ siu²
  - Yale: chùhng síu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ siu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ xiu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ siːu̯³⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: cung¹ xiau²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰuŋ¹¹ ɕiau⁵³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zon-shiau₅
  - MiniDict: zon^去 shiau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zon-xiau₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zoŋ²² ɕiɔ⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²zon-siau₃
  - MiniDict: zon^平 siau^上
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /zoŋ²² siæ³³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: zong² siau³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /t͡sʊŋ¹³ si̯ɒu̯⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡sən¹³ ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴¹/

Adverb

從小

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

Synonyms

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一小 (yīxiǎo) (dialectal)
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)
起小 (qǐxiǎo) (dialectal)