小寒

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	cold; poor; to tremble
simp. and trad. (小寒)		小	寒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xiǎohán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² hon⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Séu-hòn
• Eastern Min (BUC): Siēu-hàng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Siáu-hân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siou² hang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xiǎohán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siǎohán
    • Wade–Giles: Hsiao³-han²
    • Yale: Syǎu-hán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sheauharn
    • Palladius: Сяохань (Sjaoxanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² hon⁴
    • Yale: síu hòhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² hon⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² hon⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ hɔːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Séu-hòn
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu` honˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ hon²
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ hon¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Siēu-hàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sieu³³⁻²¹ ^(h-)aŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siáu-hân
    • Tâi-lô: Siáu-hân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaw'haan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ han²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ han²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ han¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ han²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ han²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siou² hang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sióu hâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siou⁵²⁻³⁵ haŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

1. Lesser Cold (23rd of the 24th solar terms)
2. the day marking the beginning of the 23rd solar term (January 5, 6, or 7)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (小寒):

• → Japanese: 小寒(しょうかん) (shōkan)
• → Korean: 소한(小寒) (sohan)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	寒
しょう Grade: 1	かん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Proper noun

小(しょう)寒(かん) • (Shōkan) 

1. "Lesser Cold" (one of twenty-four solar terms)