小雪

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	snow
trad. (小雪)		小	雪
simp. #(小雪)		小	雪

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoxuě

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² syut³
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'xieu³ xyot⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siáu-soat
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shiau-shiq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoxuě [Phonetic: xiáoxuě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎosyuě
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-hsüeh³
    • Yale: syǎu-sywě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheausheue
    • Palladius: сяосюэ (sjaosjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: siu² syut³
    • Yale: síu syut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² syt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² xud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ syːt̚³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 小說 / 小说 小雪

• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'xieu³ xyot⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈɕiɛu²¹³⁻¹³ ɕyɵt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu-soat
    • Tâi-lô: siáu-suat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siawsoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ suat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵shiau-shiq
    • MiniDict: shiau^去 shih
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xiau-xiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɔ³³ ɕiɪʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

小雪

1. light snowfall; light snow

Antonyms

• 大雪 (dàxuě)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): Xiǎoxuě

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄝˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xiao³ xue²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² syut³
• Gan (Wiktionary): xieu³ xyot⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Séu-siet

  (Meixian, Guangdong): xiau³ xiêd⁵

• Jin (Wiktionary): xiau² xyeh⁴
• Northern Min (KCR): Siǎu-sṳè
• Eastern Min (BUC): Siēu-siók
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Siáu-soat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siou² soh⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shiau-shiq
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): siau³ sie⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xiǎoxuě [Phonetic: xiáoxuě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siǎosyuě
    • Wade–Giles: Hsiao³-hsüeh³
    • Yale: Syǎu-sywě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sheausheue
    • Palladius: Сяосюэ (Sjaosjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: xiao³ xue²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xiaoxye
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiau⁵³ ɕye²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: siu² syut³
    • Yale: síu syut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² syt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² xud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ syːt̚³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 小說 / 小说 小雪

• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: xieu³ xyot⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɛu²¹³⁻¹³ ɕyɵt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Séu-siet
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu^ˋ xied^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ xiad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ si̯et̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xiau³ xiêd⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /siau³¹ siɛt̚¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: xiau² xyeh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕiau⁵³ ɕyəʔ²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Siǎu-sṳè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau²¹ syɛ⁴²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Siēu-siók
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sieu³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)luɔʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siáu-soat
    • Tâi-lô: Siáu-suat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siawsoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ suat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siou² soh⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sióu soh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siou⁵²⁻³⁵ soʔ²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵shiau-shiq
    • MiniDict: shiau^去 shih
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xiau-xiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɔ³³ ɕiɪʔ⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: siau³ sie⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /si̯ɒu̯⁴¹ si̯e̞²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴¹ ɕi̯e̞²⁴/

Proper noun

小雪

1. 20th of the 24 solar terms.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (小雪):

• → Japanese: 小雪(しょうせつ) (shōsetsu)
• → Korean: 소설(小雪) (soseol)

See also

• 二十四節氣／二十四节气 (Èrshísì Jiéqì, “The twenty-four solar terms”):
  • Spring: 立春 (Lìchūn)、雨水 (yǔshuǐ)、驚蟄／惊蛰 (Jīngzhé)、春分 (Chūnfēn)、清明 (qīngmíng)、穀雨／谷雨 (Gǔyǔ)
  • Summer: 立夏 (Lìxià)、小滿／小满 (Xiǎomǎn)、芒種／芒种 (mángzhòng)、夏至 (xiàzhì)、小暑 (Xiǎoshǔ)、大暑 (Dàshǔ)
  • Autumn: 立秋 (Lìqiū)、處暑／处暑 (Chǔshǔ)、白露 (báilù)、秋分 (Qiūfēn)、寒露 (Hánlù)、霜降 (Shuāngjiàng)
  • Winter: 立冬 (Lìdōng)、小雪 (xiǎoxuě)、大雪 (dàxuě)、冬至 (dōngzhì)、小寒 (Xiǎohán)、大寒 (Dàhán)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
小	雪
こ Grade: 1	ゆき Grade: 2
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 小雪 – see the following entry.

【こゆき】 [noun] light snowfall

(This term, 小雪, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
小	雪
しょう Grade: 1	せつ Grade: 2
on'yomi

From 小 (shō, "small," "little") + 雪 (setsu, "snow," "snowfall").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːse̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

小(しょう)雪(せつ) • (shōsetsu) 

1. lit. "minor snow;" a solar term denoting approximately November 22; one of the 24 nijūshi sekki

See also

• 二(に)十(じゅう)四(し)節(せっ)気(き) (Nijūshi Sekki, “The twenty-four solar terms”):
  • Spring: 立(りっ)春(しゅん) (Risshun), 雨(う)水(すい) (Usui), 啓(けい)蟄(ちつ) (Keichitsu), 春(しゅん)分(ぶん) (Shunbun), 清(せい)明(めい) (Seimei), 穀(こく)雨(う) (Kokuu)
  • Summer: 立(りっ)夏(か) (Rikka), 小(しょう)満(まん) (Shōman), 芒(ぼう)種(しゅ) (Bōshu), 夏(げ)至(し) (Geshi), 小(しょう)暑(しょ) (Shōsho), 大(たい)暑(しょ) (Taisho)
  • Autumn: 立(りっ)秋(しゅう) (Risshū), 処(しょ)暑(しょ) (Shosho), 白(はく)露(ろ) (Hakuro), 秋(しゅう)分(ぶん) (Shūbun), 寒(かん)露(ろ) (Kanro), 霜(そう)降(こう) (Sōkō)
  • Winter: 立(りっ)冬(とう) (Rittō), 小(しょう)雪(せつ) (Shōsetsu), 大雪(たいせつ) (Taisetsu), 冬(とう)至(じ) (Tōji), 小(しょう)寒(かん) (Shōkan), 大寒(だいかん) (Daikan)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
小	雪

Proper noun

小雪

1. chữ Hán form of Tiểu tuyết (“lit. "minor snow;" a solar term denoting approximately November 22”).