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Chinese
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small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young
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snow
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trad. (小雪)
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小
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雪
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simp. #(小雪)
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小
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雪
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Pronunciation 1
Noun
小雪
- light snowfall; light snow
Antonyms
Pronunciation 2
Proper noun
小雪
- 20th of the 24 solar terms.
Descendants
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)
Japanese
Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 小雪 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 小雪, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Etymology 2
From 小 (shō, "small," "little") + 雪 (setsu, "snow," "snowfall").
Pronunciation
Noun
小雪 • (shōsetsu)
- lit. "minor snow;" a solar term denoting approximately November 22; one of the 24 nijūshi sekki
See also
- 二十四節気 (Nijūshi Sekki, “The twenty-four solar terms”):
- Spring: 立春 (Risshun), 雨水 (Usui), 啓蟄 (Keichitsu), 春分 (Shunbun), 清明 (Seimei), 穀雨 (Kokuu)
- Summer: 立夏 (Rikka), 小満 (Shōman), 芒種 (Bōshu), 夏至 (Geshi), 小暑 (Shōsho), 大暑 (Taisho)
- Autumn: 立秋 (Risshū), 処暑 (Shosho), 白露 (Hakuro), 秋分 (Shūbun), 寒露 (Kanro), 霜降 (Sōkō)
- Winter: 立冬 (Rittō), 小雪 (Shōsetsu), 大雪 (Taisetsu), 冬至 (Tōji), 小寒 (Shōkan), 大寒 (Daikan)
Vietnamese
Proper noun
小雪
- chữ Hán form of Tiểu tuyết (“lit. "minor snow;" a solar term denoting approximately November 22”).