小暑

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	heat; hot weather; summer heat
simp. and trad. (小暑)		小	暑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xiǎoshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² syu²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Séu-chhú
• Eastern Min (BUC): Siēu-sṳ̄
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Siáu-sú / Siáu-sír / Siáu-sí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siou² su²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xiǎoshǔ [Phonetic: xiáoshǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siǎoshǔ
    • Wade–Giles: Hsiao³-shu³
    • Yale: Syǎu-shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sheaushuu
    • Palladius: Сяошу (Sjaošu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: siu² syu²
    • Yale: síu syú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² sy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² xu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ syː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 小暑 小鼠

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Séu-chhú
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu` cu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ cu³
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ t͡sʰu³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Siēu-sṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sieu³³⁻³⁵ ^(s-)ly³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siáu-sú
    • Tâi-lô: Siáu-sú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siawsuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siáu-sír
    • Tâi-lô: Siáu-sír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siáu-sí
    • Tâi-lô: Siáu-sí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siawsie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siou² su²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sióu sú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siou⁵²⁻³⁵ su⁵²⁻²¹/

Proper noun

1. Lesser Heat (the 11th of the 24 solar terms)
2. the day marking the beginning of the 11th solar term (July 6, 7, or 8)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (小暑):

• → Japanese: 小暑(しょうしょ) (shōsho)
• → Korean: 소서(小暑) (soseo)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	暑
しょう Grade: 1	しょ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
小暑 (kyūjitai)

Proper noun

小(しょう)暑(しょ) • (Shōsho) 

1. Lesser Heat (the 11th of the 24 solar terms)