幼幼

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Chinese

		young	young
simp. and trad. (幼幼)		幼	幼

Etymology

Reduplication of 幼. The little girl sense is from 幼女 (yòunǚ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yòuyòu

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ ㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau³ jau³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iù-iù

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yòuyòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ ㄧㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yòuyòu
  - Wade–Giles: yu⁴-yu⁴
  - Yale: yòu-yòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yowyow
  - Palladius: юю (juju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ joʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau³ jau³
  - Yale: yau yau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau³ jau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo³ yeo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯³³ jɐu̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iù-iù
  - Tâi-lô: iù-iù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iuo'iux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iu²¹⁻⁵³ iu²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ iu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu²¹⁻⁵³ iu²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iu¹¹⁻⁵³ iu¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²¹⁻⁴¹ iu²¹/

Noun

幼幼

(Internet slang) little girl

Adjective

幼幼

(Cantonese, Southern Min) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 幼; thin; fine (not coarse)

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