小雨

小雨

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	rain
trad. (小雨)		小	雨
simp. #(小雨)		小	雨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² jyu⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): sió-hō͘ / sió-hǒ͘
• Wu (Wiktionary): xiau hhy (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoyǔ [Phonetic: xiáoyǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-yü³
    • Yale: syǎu-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauyeu
    • Palladius: сяоюй (sjaojuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² jyu⁵
    • Yale: síu yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ jyː¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-hō͘
    • Tâi-lô: sió-hōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'ho
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-hǒ͘
    • Tâi-lô: sió-hǒo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔ²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: xiau hhy (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɔ³³ ɦy⁴⁴/

Noun

小雨

1. light rain

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 毛毛雨 (“drizzle; light rain”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		毛毛雨, 小雨, 細雨
Mandarin	Taiwan	毛毛雨
	Harbin	毛毛雨, 毛毛雨兒, 毛愣雨兒
	Jinan	牛毛雨, 牛毛細雨, 毛毛雨
	Luoyang	毛毛雨, 羅麵雨, 濛濛雨, 霧星
	Wanrong	毛雨
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	蠅母尿
	Yinchuan	牛毛細細雨
	Xining	牛毛細雨, 毛毛雨兒
	Wuhan	麻噴, 麻噴子, 麻噴雨
	Chengdu	毛毛雨
	Guiyang	毛毛雨, 毛雨
	Guilin	毛毛雨
	Liuzhou	毛毛雨
	Xuzhou	霧拉毛兒, 霧毛雨, 霧毛雨兒, 毛毛雨兒
	Nanjing	毛毛雨, 毛雨
	Malaysia	毛毛雨
	Singapore	毛毛雨
	Oudomxay	毛毛小雨
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雨微, 雨微微, 雨微毛
	Hong Kong	毛毛雨, 微微雨, 雨粉, 雨微
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	微雨
	Macau	雨微
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	雨微
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	雨微
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	水微塵
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	雨微仔
	Foshan	雨微
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	毛毛雨
	Foshan (Shunde)	雨微
	Foshan (Sanshui)	蝨乸雨
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	雨微仔
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	雨微微
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	雨微微
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	雨仔尾
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	水塵
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	水仔飛飛
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	雨仔尾
	Taishan	飛水仔, 細水, 水仔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	飛水仔
	Enping (Niujiang)	飛水仔
	Heshan (Yayao)	毛毛雨
	Dongguan	雨微, 雨微粉, 雨微絲, 雨仔微絲
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	微微雨
	Sanya (Yanglan Maihua)	毛毛雨
	Sarikei (Xinhui)	水仔
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	雨微
Gan	Nanchang	毛毛雨
	Lichuan	狗毛雨
	Pingxiang	毛雨, 細雨
Hakka	Meixian	雨毛, 毛毛雨, 細雨
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	水微仔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	水毛塵
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	濛蝦水
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	水毛
	Conghua (Lütian)	微毛細水
	Yudu	眉毛雨子, 細雨子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	雨毛仔, 雨毛屑仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	雨毛仔, 雨毛屑仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	水毛仔, 雨毛屑仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	雨毛, 雨毛屑
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	雨微仔, 雨微屑仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	雨浘, 雭雭雨, 雨毛
	Kuching (Hepo)	水毛
	Singkawang	水毛
	Bangkok (Meixian)	落毛毛雨, 雨毛仔
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	落細水
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	水毛飛飛
Huizhou	Jixi	毛毛雨
Jin	Taiyuan	羅麵雨, 濛糝糝雨
	Xinzhou	羅麵雨, 濛糝糝兒雨
Min Dong	Fuzhou	雨濛
Min Nan	Xiamen	細陣雨, 雨霎仔, 雨毛仔, 霎霎仔雨
	Quanzhou	細陣雨, 雨霎仔, 雨微仔, 霎霎仔雨
	Zhangzhou	細陣雨, 雨霎仔, 雨微仔, 霎霎仔雨
	Tainan	雨霎仔, 毛毛仔雨 GT, 雨毛仔 GT, 細陣雨 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	細陣雨, 雨霎仔, 雨毛仔, 雨微仔
	Chaozhou	雨微
	Shantou	雨微
	Shantou (Chenghai)	雨微
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	雨微
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	雨微
	Jieyang	雨微
	Bangkok (Teochew)	雨微
	Pontianak (Teochew)	雨微
	Haikou	牛毛雨, 細雨, 孧雨
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	雨微囝
	Sanxiang	雨囝微微
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	狗毛雨, 細雨
Wu	Shanghai	毛毛雨, 麻花雨 dated, 雨麻花 dated, 埲塵雨
	Shanghai (Chongming)	麻花雨
	Suzhou	毛毛雨, 濛鬆雨, 細雨, 小雨
	Danyang	毛毛雨, 濛濛雨
	Hangzhou	毛毛雨, 濛濛雨
	Hangzhou (Fuyang)	毛毛細雨, 雨毛細細
	Ningbo	毛毛雨
	Jinhua	毛毛雨
Xiang	Changsha	毛雨子, 細雨子, 細雨, 麻噴子, 麻噴子雨
	Loudi	毛毛雨, 毛雨子, 細雨
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Antonyms

• 大雨 (dàyǔ)

See also

• 毛毛雨 (máomaoyǔ)
• 細雨／细雨 (xìyǔ)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	雨
こ Grade: 1	さめ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 小 (ko, “small, light, slight”) +‎ 雨 (same, “rain”).[1][2] The medial -s- may represent epenthesis between two vowels, or it may be cognate with Korean interfix ᄉ (-s-) used to mark possession, much like English 's. See also 春雨 (harusame, “spring rain”) and 稲 (shine, “rice”).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) こさめ [kòsámé] (Heiban – [0])[2]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞sa̠me̞]

Noun

小(こ)雨(さめ) • (kosame) 

1. light rain, drizzle
   • 931–938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō (book 1, page 24)

     霡霂 兼名苑云、細雨一名霡霂、小雨也、麥木二音、已上本注、和名古佐女

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Antonyms

• 大(おお)雨(あめ) (ōame, “downpour”)

Derived terms

• 晴(はれ)一(いち)時(じ)小(こ)雨(さめ) (hare ichiji kosame, “clear, with brief light rain”)
• 小(しょう)雨(う)決(けっ)行(こう) (shōu kekkō, “canceled only in case of heavy rain”)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

• Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.