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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siáu-soat

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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

• 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/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 小雪

1. light snowfall; light snow

Antonyms

• 大雪 (dàxuě)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xiǎoxuě

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² syut³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Séu-siet
• Eastern Min (BUC): Siēu-siók
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Siáu-soat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siou² soh⁴

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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

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Séu-siet
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu` xied`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ xiad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ si̯et̚²/
• 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/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 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)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

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

From 小 (ko, "small," "light") + 雪 (yuki, "snow," "snowfall")

Noun

小(こ)雪(ゆき) • (koyuki) 

1. light snowfall

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")

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

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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”).