自細 [－细]

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Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. (phrase)(adv.) from childhood; since one was a child
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 副詞
    由細個​開始
    since one's childhood
    • 我自細就好鍾意音樂。
      我自细就好钟意音乐。
      ngo5 zi6 sai3 zau6 hou2 zung1 ji3 jam1 ngok6.
      I love music very much since my childhood.
    • 佢係孤兒，自細就喺孤兒院長大。
      佢系孤儿，自细就喺孤儿院长大。
      keoi5 hai6 gui, zi6 sai3 zau6 hai2 gu1 ji4 jyun2 zoeng2 daai6.
      He's an orphan. He grew up in the orphanage.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adv, Cantonese, Hakka, Min-Nan
    since childhood; as a child; from when one was very young
    (syn.) 打小, 起小, 从小, 自幼, 從細, 由細到大, 由细到大, 一小, 從小, 从细, 自小
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 從小 – 从小
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢自细就养成储蓄嘅习惯。
    佢自細就養成儲蓄嘅習慣。
    keoi5 zi6 sai3 zau6 joeng5 sing4 cyu5 cuk1 ge3 zaap6 gwaan3.
    • He has nurtured the habit of saving since childhood.
  2. Cantonese
    阿明自细就有个宏愿，就系要做太空人。
    阿明自細就有個宏願，就係要做太空人。
    aa3 ming4 zi6 sai3 zau6 jau5 go3 wang4 jyun6, zau6 hai6 jiu3 zou6 taai3 hung1 jan4.
    • Ah-ming has a high aspiration to become an astronaut since he was little.
  3. Cantonese
    我哋自细就相识。
    我哋自細就相識。
    ngo5 dei6 zi6 sai3 zau6 soeng1 sik1.
    • We have known each other since we were little.
  4. Cantonese
    佢自细就系一只波牛，踢波多过读书。
    佢自細就係一隻波牛，踢波多過讀書。
    • He has been a football fanatic since he was young. He has been playing football more than studying.
  5. Cantonese
    我自细都系阿爷俾钱我供书教学嘅。
    我自細都係阿爺俾錢我供書教學嘅。
    ngo5 zi6 sai3 dou1 hai6 aa3 je4 bei2 cin2 ngo5 gung1 syu1 gaau3 hok6 ge3.
    • My granddad has been financing my study since my childhood.