幼 (jau3 | you4) : young; thin

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幼

jau3

you4

[1] [adj] young; under age; immature | [ant] 長, 老
[2] [粵] [adj] thin; slender; fine (grains) | [ant] 粗
[3] [n] children; the young; infants

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Stroke count: 5

Level: 1

Radical: 幺 (#52)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

幼

This word has been viewed 10552 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 29th Jul 2013 11:42

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幼年 jau3 nin4 you4 nian2 = childhood

幼稚園學生 jau3 zi6 jyun4 hok6 saang1 you4 zhi4 yuan2 xue2 sheng5 = kindergarten pupil

幼稚園畢業生 jau3 zi6 jyun4 bat1 jip6 sang1 you4 zhi4 yuan2 bi3 ye4 sheng1 = kindergarten graduate

幼兒園 jau3 ji4 jyun4*2 you4 er2 yuan2 = kindergarten; nursery school

幼稚園 jau3 zi6 jyun4*2 you4 zhi4 yuan2 = kindergarten

幼稚 jau3 zi6 you4 zhi4 = young

幼兒 jau3 ji4 you4 er2 = young child

幼齒 jau3 ci2 you4 chi3 = young; tender

幼沙糖 jau3 saa1 tong4 = granulated sugar

幼小 jau3 siu2 = immature; young and small; little

幼滑 jau3 waat6 = delicate texture

幼蟲 jau3 cung4 you4 chong2 = larva

幼獸 jau3 sau3 you4 shou4 = cub

幼弟 jau3 dai6 you4 di4 = younger brother

幼妹 jau3 mui6 you4 mei4 = younger sister

幼女 jau3 neoi5*2 you2 nv3 = young girl

幼細的 jau3 sai3 dik1 you4 xi4 de5 = delicate 國

幼童 jau3 tung4 = young children

幼時 jau3 si4 you4 shi2 = [n] childhood

扶老攜幼 fu4 lou5 kwai4 jau3 fu2 lao3 xie2 you4 = bringing along the old and the young

幼細 jau3 sai3 = delicate; slender; small

幼度 jau3 dou6 you4 du4 = fineness

粗幼度 cou1 jau3 dou6 = level of thickness

男女老幼 naam4 neoi5 lou5 jau3 nan2 nv3 lao3 you4 = everybody

幼鹽 jau3 jim4 you4 yan2 = fine grained salt

自幼 zi6 jau3 zi4 you4 = since childhood; since one was small

幼麵 jau3 min6 you4 mian4 = thin noodles 粵

年幼無知 nin4 jau3 mou4 zi1 nian2 you4 wu2 zhi1 = young and ignorant

幼發拉底河 jau3 faat3 laai1 dai2 ho4 you4 fa1 la1 di3 he2 = Euphrates river

幼發拉底河谷 jau3 faat3 laai1 dai2 ho4 guk1 you4 fa1 la1 di3 he2 gu3 = Euphrates river valley

幼稚園學費資助計劃 jau3 zi6 jyun4*2 hok6 fai3 zi1 zo6 gai3 waak6 = Kindergarten Fee Remission Scheme

幼失恃怙 jau3 sat1 ci5 wu6 you4 shi1 shi4 hu4 = to lose one's parents at a young age

陳幼堅 can4 jau3 gin1 = Alan Chan

Showing 1 example containing 幼

小馬就是幼馬國
A foal is a young horse.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 幼
Unicode code for this character: U+5e7c (off-site link)

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