幼教

Chinese

		young	teach; teaching; religion
trad. (幼教)		幼	教
simp. #(幼教)		幼	教

Etymology

Short for 幼兒教育／幼儿教育 (yòu'ér jiàoyù).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yòujiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau³ gaau³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iù-kàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yòujiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yòujiào
    • Wade–Giles: yu⁴-chiao⁴
    • Yale: yòu-jyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yowjiaw
    • Palladius: юцзяо (juczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau³ gaau³
    • Yale: yau gaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau³ gaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo³ gao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯³³ kaːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iù-kàu
    • Tâi-lô: iù-kàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iuo'kaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu²¹⁻⁵³ kau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu²¹⁻⁵³ kau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu¹¹⁻⁵³ kau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²¹⁻⁴¹ kau²¹/

Noun

幼教

1. early childhood education
2. early childhood education teacher

Synonyms

• (early childhood education):

• 兒童早期教育／儿童早期教育 (értóng zǎoqī jiàoyù)
• 學前教育／学前教育 (xuéqián jiàoyù)
• 幼兒教育／幼儿教育 (yòu'ér jiàoyù)
• 早教 (zǎojiào) (mainland China)
• 早期教育 (zǎoqī jiàoyù)