小春

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
simp. and trad. (小春)		小	春

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎochūn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² ceon¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎochūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎochun
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-chʻun¹
  - Yale: syǎu-chwūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauchuen
  - Palladius: сяочунь (sjaočunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² ceon¹
  - Yale: síu chēun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² tsoen¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² cên¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ t͡ʃʰɵn⁵⁵/

Noun

小春

Alternative name for 小陽春／小阳春 (xiǎoyángchūn, “the tenth lunar month”).
crops sown during that period

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	春
こ Grade: 1	はる Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こはる [kòhárú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ha̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

小(こ)春(はる) • (koharu)

early autumn, Indian summer

Derived terms

小春日和(こはるびより) (koharubiyori)

Proper noun

小(こ)春(はる) • (Koharu)

a female given name

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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