# 小寒
## Chinese

* 小寒 (Cantonese)
* Séu-hòn (Hakka)
* Siēu-hàng (Eastern Min)
* Siáu-hân (Southern Min)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): Xiǎohán
       (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄢˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xiao$^3$ han$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): siu$^2$ hon$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): xieu$^3$ hon$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): Séu-hòn
    (Meixian, Guangdong): xiau$^3$ hon$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): xiau$^2$ han$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): Siǎu-uǐng
* Eastern Min (BUC): Siēu-hàng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): Siáu-hân
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siou$^2$ hang$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$shiau-ghoe
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): siau$^3$ han$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Xiǎohán
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Siǎohán
*** Wade–Giles: Hsiao$^3$-han$^2$
*** Yale: Syǎu-hán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sheauharn
*** Palladius: Сяохань (Sjaoxanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xän³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: xiao$^3$ han$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xiaoxan
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiau⁵³ xan²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: siu$^2$ hon$^4$
*** Yale: síu hòhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: siu$^2$ hon$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xiu$^2$ hon$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːu̯³⁵ hɔːn²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: xieu$^3$ hon$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiɛu²¹³⁻¹³ hɵn²⁴/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Séu-hòn
*** Hakka Romanization System: seu$^ˋ$ hon$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: seu$^3$ hon$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ hon¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: xiau$^3$ hon$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /siau³¹ hɔn¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: xiau$^2$ han$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕiau⁵³ xæ̃¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Siǎu-uǐng
*** Sinological IPA : /siau²¹ uiŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Siēu-hàng
*** Sinological IPA : /sieu³³⁻²¹ $^{(h-)}$aŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siáu-hân
*** Tâi-lô: Siáu-hân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siaw'haan
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ han²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ han²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ han¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ han²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ han²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: siou$^2$ hang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sióu hâng
*** Sinological IPA : /siou⁵²⁻³⁵ haŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$shiau-ghoe
*** MiniDict: shiau$^去$ ghoe
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$xiau-hhoe
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɔ³³ ɦø⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: siau$^3$ han$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /si̯ɒu̯⁴¹ xan¹³/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴¹ xan¹³/

### Proper noun

小寒
* Lesser Cold (23rd of the 24th solar terms)
* the day marking the beginning of the 23rd solar term (January 5, 6, or 7)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 小寒(しょうかん) (shōkan)
* → Korean: 소한(小寒) (sohan)

### 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

Kanji in this term :
| 小 | 寒 |
| しょう Grade: 1 | かん Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɕo̞ːkã̠ɴ]

### Proper noun

小(しょう)寒(かん) • (Shōkan)
* "Lesser Cold" (one of twenty-four solar terms)

### See also

* 二(に)十(じゅう)四(し)節(せっ)気(き) (Nijūshi Sekki, “The twenty-four solar terms”):
** Spring: 立(りっ)春(しゅん) (Risshun), 雨(う)水(すい) (Usui), 啓(けい)蟄(ちつ) (Keichitsu), 春(しゅん)分(ぶん) (Shunbun), 清(せい)明(めい) (Seimei), 穀(こく)雨(う) (Kokuu)
** Summer: 立(りっ)夏(か) (Rikka), 小(しょう)満(まん) (Shōman), 芒(ぼう)種(しゅ) (Bōshu), 夏(げ)至(し) (Geshi), 小(しょう)暑(しょ) (Shōsho), 大(たい)暑(しょ) (Taisho)
** Autumn: 立(りっ)秋(しゅう) (Risshū), 処(しょ)暑(しょ) (Shosho), 白(はく)露(ろ) (Hakuro), 秋(しゅう)分(ぶん) (Shūbun), 寒(かん)露(ろ) (Kanro), 霜(そう)降(こう) (Sōkō)
** Winter: 立(りっ)冬(とう) (Rittō), 小(しょう)雪(せつ) (Shōsetsu), 大雪(たいせつ) (Taisetsu), 冬(とう)至(じ) (Tōji), 小(しょう)寒(かん) (Shōkan), 大寒(だいかん) (Daikan)