從小 [从－]

Jyutping cung4 siu2
Pinyin cóng xiǎo

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. from childhood
  2. from a young age
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 副詞
    自幼​年​起​；​由細​開始
    since childhood
    • 佢從小就響體操隊受訓。
      佢从小就响体操队受训。
      keoi5 cung4 siu2 zau6 hoeng2 tai2 cou1 deoi2 sau6 fan3.
      He has been training in the athletics team since childhood.
  2. 近義詞
    自幼
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adv
    since childhood; as a child; from when one was very young
    (syn.) 打小, 起小, 自幼, 從細, 由細到大, 由细到大, 自细, 一小, 从细, 自細, 自小
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 二级词汇表 #84
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    好习惯是从小养成的。
    好習慣是從小養成的。
    hǎo xí guàn shì cóng xiǎo yǎng chéng de 。
    • Good habits should be cultivated in childhood.
  2. Mandarin
    我和他从小就是好朋友了。
    我和他從小就是好朋友了。
    wǒ hé tā cóng xiǎo jiù shì hǎo péng you le 。
    • He and I have been good friends since we were children.
  3. Mandarin
    我从小的梦想就是做一名糕点师。
    我從小的夢想就是做一名糕點師。
    wǒ cóng xiǎo de mèng xiǎng jiù shì zuò yī míng gāo diǎn shī 。
    • From childhood I dreamed of being a pastry cook.
  4. Mandarin
    我从小就梦想着做一名糕点师。
    我從小就夢想着做一名糕點師。
    wǒ cóng xiǎo jiù mèng xiǎng zhe zuò yī míng gāo diǎn shī 。
    • From childhood I dreamed of being a pastry cook.
  5. Mandarin
    从小开始我就很喜欢读书，那时有的钱虽然不多，但也都全花在书本上。
    從小開始我就很喜歡讀書，那時有的錢雖然不多，但也都全花在書本上。
    cóng xiǎo kāi shǐ wǒ jiù hěn xǐ huan dú shū ， nà shí yǒu de qián suī rán bù duō ， dàn yě dōu quán huā zài shū běn shàng 。
    • From childhood I was fond of reading, and all the little money that ever came into my hands was laid out in books.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    小美从小就立志做医生。
    小美從小就立志做醫生。
    siu2 mei5 cung4 siu2 zau6 laap6 zi3 zou6 ji1 sang1.
    • Siu-mei has been determined to become a doctor since she was little.
  2. Cantonese
    佢从小就响体操队受训。
    佢從小就響體操隊受訓。
    keoi5 cung4 siu2 zau6 hoeng2 tai2 cou1 deoi2 sau6 fan3.
    • He has been training in the athletics team since childhood.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    我们从小学三年级就是朋友了。
    我們從小學三年級就是朋友了。
    wǒ men cóng xiǎo xué sān nián jí jiù shì péng yǒu le ．
    • We have been friends since the third grade.
  2. Mandarin
    刘雨菲从小到大从来没见过杀人的场面，今天可是亲眼看到了，那么真切又那么简单，就像人放狠话的时候说的——白刀子进，红刀子出。
    劉雨菲從小到大從來沒見過殺人的場面，今天可是親眼看到了，那麼真切又那麼簡單，就像人放狠話的時候説的——白刀子進，紅刀子出。
    liú yǔ fēi cóng xiǎo dào dà cóng lái méi jiàn guò shā rén de chǎng miàn ， jīn tiān kě shì qīn yǎn kàn dào le ， nà me zhēn qiè yòu nà me jiǎn dān ， jiù xiàng rén fàng hěn huà de shí hòu shuō de — bái dāo zi jìn ， hóng dāo zi chū ．
    • Liu Yufei had never seen a murder his whole life, until today when he saw it with his own eyes. It happened so vividly, and yet so simply, like the ruthless saying, "The knife goes in white and comes out red."
  3. Mandarin
    从小到大，我还没有这样被冤枉过。
    從小到大，我還沒有這樣被冤枉過。
    cóng xiǎo dào dà ， wǒ hái méi yǒu zhè yàng bèi yuān wǎng guò ．
    • I have never been wrongly accused like that before in my whole life.
  4. Mandarin
    我这个人从小就特别怕生。
    我這個人從小就特別怕生。
    wǒ zhè ge rén cóng xiǎo jiù tè bié pà shēng ．
    • I've been afraid of strangers since I was little.
  5. Mandarin
    扎桑表示，虽然自己是从小吃盐湖里的盐长大，但是因为国家对食盐的矿物质含量有一定的标准，所以目前他们采集的盐主要通过保健浴盐的渠道进行销售。
    扎桑表示，雖然自己是從小吃鹽湖裏的鹽長大，但是因為國家對食鹽的礦物質含量有一定的標準，所以目前他們採集的鹽主要通過保健浴鹽的渠道進行銷售。
    zhā sāng biǎo shì ， suī rán zì jǐ shì cóng xiǎo chī yán hú lǐ de yán zhǎng dà ， dàn shì yīn wèi guó jiā duì shí yán de kuàng wù zhì hán liàng yǒu yī dìng de biāo zhǔn ， suǒ yǐ mù qián tā men cǎi jí de yán zhǔ yào tōng guò bǎo jiàn yù yán de qú dào jìn xíng xiāo shòu ．
    • Zhasang says, even though he grew up eating salt from the lakes, China has set standards on the mineral content of table salt, so the salt they gathered were sold by means of healthy bath salts.