Chinese More information from; self; oneselffrom; self; oneself; since, young ... from; self; oneselffrom; self; oneself; since young simp. and trad.(自幼) 自 幼 Close Pronunciation Mandarin (Pinyin): zìyòu (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄧㄡˋ Cantonese (Jyutping): zi6 jau3 Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chū-iù Mandarin (Standard Chinese)+ Hanyu Pinyin: zìyòu Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄧㄡˋ Tongyong Pinyin: zìhyòu Wade–Giles: tzŭ4-yu4 Yale: dz̀-yòu Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhyow Palladius: цзыю (czyju) Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ joʊ̯⁵¹/ Cantonese (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+ Jyutping: zi6 jau3 Yale: jih yau Cantonese Pinyin: dzi6 jau3 Guangdong Romanization: ji6 yeo3 Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siː²² jɐu̯³³/ Southern Min (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/ Adverb 自幼 since childhood; as a child; from when one was very young 自幼好學／自幼好学 ― zìyòu hàoxué ― to be fond of learning since childhood Synonyms edit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)自細 / 自细 (zi6 sai3) (Cantonese, Hokkien)起小 (qǐxiǎo) (dialectal) Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.