起小

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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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐxiǎo
  - 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
  - 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

(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)

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