小滿

小滿

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	to fill; to fulfill; filled to fill; to fulfill; filled; packed; Manchurian
trad. (小滿)		小	滿
simp. (小满)		小	满

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xiǎomǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² mun⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Séu-mân
• Min Dong (BUC): Siēu-muāng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Sió-boán / Sió-móa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siou² muan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Xiǎomǎn [Phonetic: xiáomǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄢˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sheaumaan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siǎomǎn
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ män²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² mun⁵
    • Yale: síu múhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² mun⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² mun⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ muːn¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Séu-mân
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu` man´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ man¹
    • IPA: /seu̯³¹ man²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Siēu-muāng
    • IPA ^(key): /sieu³³⁻³⁵ muaŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sió-boán
    • Tâi-lô: Sió-buán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'boarn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ buan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ buan⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sió-móa
    • Tâi-lô: Sió-muá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioymoar
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ muã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ muã⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siou² muan²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sióu muáⁿ
    • IPA ^(key): /siou⁵²⁻³⁵ mũã⁵²⁻²¹/

Proper noun

小滿

1. Lesser Fullness of Grain (8th of the 24 solar terms)
2. the day marking the beginning of the 8th solar term (May 20, 21, or 22) when the winter wheat, down the previous autumn, is filling out its ears

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (小滿):

• → Japanese: 小満 (しょうまん) (shōman)
• → Korean: 소만 (小滿, soman)

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)