# 幼子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yòuzǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ ㄗˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jau$^3$ zi$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yòuzǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ ㄗˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yòuzǐh
*** Wade–Giles: yu$^4$-tzŭ$^3$
*** Yale: yòu-dž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yowtzyy
*** Palladius: юцзы (juczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /joʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jau$^3$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: yau jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jau$^3$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yeo$^3$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐu̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/

#### Noun

幼子
* youngest son; baby son

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 少子, 細兒 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 小兒子, 幼子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 老小子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 小兒子, 幺兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 老兒子, 老小子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 小兒子, 老兒子, 老小子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 老兒子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 老兒子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 小兒, 小兒子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 小兒郎 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 小兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 老小子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 碎兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 小兒子, 小兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 碎兒, 老娃子, 老娃兒, 老哥子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 老兒子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 尕兒子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 小兒子, 老兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 幺兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 小兒子, 幺兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 幺兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 老兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 小崽, 晚崽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 小兒子, 老兒子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 老兒子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 細仔, 孻仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 細仔, 孻仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 孻仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 細仔, 孻仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 細仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 細仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 孻仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 細仔 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 尾仔, 尾屎努 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 尾仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 細仔, 孻仔 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 細仔 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 晚仔 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 晚仔 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 細仔 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 孻仔 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 孻仔 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 細崽 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 細崽 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 滿崽, 滿倈牯, 滿倈 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 滿子 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 滿哩 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 滿仔 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 滿子 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 滿仔 |
| Hakka | Changting | 滿子 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 滿子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 滿子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 尾子 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 尾子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 滿子, 細子 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 滿子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 尾龍子 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 滿子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 滿子, 吊尾錘 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 滿子, 吊尾錘 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 滿子, 吊尾錘 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 滿子, 吊尾錘 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 滿子, 懸尾錘, 吊尾錘 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 滿子, 滿幺 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 滿仔 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 滿仔 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 滿仔 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 細倈子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 細子, 細兒子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 小小子 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 猴小子, 猴兒兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 小兒 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 老小子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 尾仔凹 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 尾仔 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 尾仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 尾囝, 細囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 尾囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 煞尾囝, 尾仔囝, 尾囝, 尾仔, 細漢囝, 了尾囝 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 煞尾囝, 尾仔囝, 尾囝, 尾仔, 細漢囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 煞尾仔囝, 煞尾囝, 尾囝, 尾仔, 細漢囝 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 屘仔囝 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 屘仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 尾仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 屘仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 屘仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 屘仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 細漢囝 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 屘囝 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 尾囝, 捏尾仔囝, 煞尾囝, 煞尾仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 屘囝, 晚囝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 尾囝 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 煞尾 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 細囝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 尾囝, 細囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 煞尾囝, 煞尾腸 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 尾囝, 細囝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 尾囝, 細囝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 細崽, 晚崽 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 小兒子, 奶末頭, 阿末頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 小兒子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 小兒子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 小兒子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 小兒子 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 小兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 細崽, 滿崽 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 滿崽唧 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 細崽, 滿崽 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 滿崽 |

### Pronunciation 2

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iù-chíⁿ
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iù-chíⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: iù-tsínn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iuocvie
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sĩ⁵³/

#### Adjective

幼子
* (Xiamen Hokkien) young and immature

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 幼 | 子 |
| おさな Grade: 6 | こ > ご Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||

### Etymology

From Old Japanese. By surface analysis, 幼 (osana, “young”) +‎ 子 (ko, “child”).

### Noun

幼(おさな)子(ご) • (osanago)
* infant, young child
    Synonym: 幼 (osana)