小時候

See also: 小时候

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	period of time; a point in time
trad. (小時候)		小	時候
simp. (小时候)		小	时候

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoshíhou, xiǎoshíhòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˊ ˙ㄏㄡ, ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˊ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² si⁴ hau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoshíhou
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˊ ˙ㄏㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoshíhho̊u
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-shih²-hou⁵
    • Yale: syǎu-shŕ-hou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushyr.hou
    • Palladius: сяошихоу (sjaošixou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɻ̩³⁵ xoʊ̯³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoshíhour
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˊ ˙ㄏㄡㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoshíhho̊ur
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-shih²-hou⁵-ʼrh
    • Yale: syǎu-shŕ-hour
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushyr.houl
    • Palladius: сяошихоур (sjaošixour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɻ̩³⁵ xɤʊ̯ɻʷ³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoshíhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˊ ㄏㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoshíhhòu
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-shih²-hou⁴
    • Yale: syǎu-shŕ-hòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushyrhow
    • Palladius: сяошихоу (sjaošixou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɻ̩³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² si⁴ hau⁶
    • Yale: síu sìh hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² si⁴ hau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² xi⁴ heo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ siː²¹ hɐu̯²²/

Noun

小時候

1. childhood

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 童年 (“childhood”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		童年, 幼年, 兒時, 小時, 小時候, 幼時
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	髮小兒, 小時候兒
	Taiwan	童年, 小時候
	Singapore	小時候
Cantonese	Hong Kong	童年, 細細個
Southern Min	Xiamen	細漢, 囡仔時
	Quanzhou	細漢
	Zhangzhou	細漢
	Tainan	囡仔時
	Singapore (Hokkien)	細漢