# 小雨
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiǎoyǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄩˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): siu$^2$ jyu$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-hō͘ / sió-hǒ͘
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$shiau-yu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoyǔ [Phonetic: xiáoyǔ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^3$-yü$^3$
*** Yale: syǎu-yǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauyeu
*** Palladius: сяоюй (sjaojuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: siu$^2$ jyu$^5$
*** Yale: síu yúh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: siu$^2$ jy$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xiu$^2$ yu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːu̯³⁵ jyː¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-hō͘
*** Tâi-lô: sió-hōo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'ho
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔ³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-hǒ͘
*** Tâi-lô: sió-hǒo
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔ²²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$shiau-yu
*** MiniDict: shiau$^去$ yu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$xiau-hhy
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɔ³³ ɦy⁴⁴/

### Noun

小雨
* light rain

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 毛毛雨, 小雨, 細雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 毛毛雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 毛毛雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 牛毛雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 毛毛雨, 濛糝雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 毛兒毛兒雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 毛毛雨, 牛毛細雨, 牛毛雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 毛毛雨, 牛毛雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 毛毛雨, 毛毛雨兒, 毛愣雨兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 毛毛雨兒, 牛毛雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 毛毛雨, 牛毛雨, 濛濛雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 濛濛雨, 牛毛細雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 毛毛雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 毛毛雨, 濛濛雨, 牛毛細雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 毛毛雨, 牛毛雨, 濛濛雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 毛毛雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 毛毛雨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 濛濛雨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 毛毛雨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 毛毛雨兒, 噴布雨兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 毛毛雨兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 毛毛雨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 濛雨, 濛鬆子小雨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 牛毛雨, 牛毛細雨, 毛毛雨, 濛星 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 毛毛雨兒, 霧露毛子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 毛毛雨 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 毛兒毛兒雨 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 毛毛雨兒, 小毛毛雨兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 毛毛雨, 乾籮細 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 毛毛雨, 羅麵雨, 濛濛雨, 霧星 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 毛毛雨, 濛濛雨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 毛毛雨, 牛毛細雨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 毛雨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 蠅母尿 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 毛毛雨, 羅麵小雨兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 霧星雨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 毛毛雨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 濛濛雨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 麻紛兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 毛毛兒雨, 濛濛兒雨, 牛毛細雨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 毛毛兒雨, 牛毛細雨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 毛毛雨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 毛毛雨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 毛毛雨兒, 牛毛細雨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 毛毛雨, 毛毛雨兒, 霧毛雨, 霧毛兒雨, 霧毛雨兒, 霧毛兒, 霧拉毛兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 毛毛雨, 濛濛雨 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 毛毛雨, 牛毛細細雨 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 毛毛雨 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 毛毛雨 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 毛毛雨 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 毛毛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 毛毛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 毛毛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 毛毛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 毛毛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 毛毛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 毛毛兒雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 毛毛雨, 麻麻雨, 毛飛飛兒雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 毛毛雨, 麻噴雨, 麻噴, 麻噴子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 毛毛雨, 牛毛雨, 濛濛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 毛毛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 麻紛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 毛毛雨, 毛雨, 濛濛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 毛毛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 毛毛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 濛鬆雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 濛鬆雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 毛毛雨, 濛鬆雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 濛鬆雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 毛毛雨, 濛濛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 毛毛雨, 濛濛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 毛毛兒雨, 濛濛兒雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 毛毛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 毛毛雨, 牛毛雨, 濛濛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Oudomxay | 毛毛小雨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 毛毛雨, 毛雨, 小毛雨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 濛鬆雨, 毛鬆子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 毛毛雨, 小霧拉子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 小毛沙子, 小毛雨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 毛蝦兒雨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 毛毛雨, 濛濛雨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 濛濛雨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 毛毛雨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 麻噴子雨, 麻噴子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 雨微, 雨微微, 雨微毛 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 毛毛雨, 微微雨, 雨粉, 雨微 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 微雨 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 雨微 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 雨微 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 雨微 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 水微塵 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 雨微仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 雨微 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 毛毛雨 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 雨微 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 蝨乸雨 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 雨微仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 雨微微 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 雨微微 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 雨仔尾 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 水塵 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 水仔飛飛 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 雨仔尾 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 飛水仔, 細水, 水仔 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 飛水仔 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 飛水仔 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 毛毛雨 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 雨微, 雨微粉, 雨微絲, 雨仔微絲 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 微微雨 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan Maihua) | 毛毛雨 |
| Cantonese | Sarikei (Xinhui) | 水仔 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 雨微 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 毛毛雨 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 狗毛雨 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 毛雨, 細雨 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 雨毛, 毛毛雨, 細雨 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 水微仔 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 水毛塵 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 濛蝦水 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 水毛 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 微毛細水 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 眉毛雨子, 細雨子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 雨毛屑仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 細雨毛仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 雨毛 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 雨毛仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 細雨毛仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 水毛仔, 雨毛屑仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 雨毛, 雨毛屑 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 雨微仔, 雨微屑仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 雨浘, 屑屑雨, 雨毛 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 水毛 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 水毛 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 落毛毛雨, 雨毛仔 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 落細水 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 水毛飛飛 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 毛毛雨 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 濛濛雨 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 毛毛雨, 羅麵雨, 濛糝糝雨 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 濛沙沙雨, 牛毛細雨 |
| Jin | Datong | 濛糝子雨 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 羅麵雨, 濛糝糝兒雨 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 濛糝糝雨 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 毛毛細雨 |
| Jin | Linhe | 毛毛雨, 濛糝糝雨 |
| Jin | Jining | 濛糝糝雨 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 毛毛雨, 濛糝糝雨 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 濛糝糝雨 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 毛毛雨 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 濛濛雨 |
| Jin | Handan | 濛濛雨 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 羅麵雨 |
| Jin | Suide | 濛濛雨兒 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 雨濛 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 細陣雨, 雨霎仔, 雨毛仔, 霎霎仔雨 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 雨毛仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 細陣雨, 雨霎仔, 雨微仔, 霎霎仔雨 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 雨濛仔, 雨霎仔 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 雨濛囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 細陣雨, 雨霎仔, 雨微仔, 霎霎仔雨 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 雨綿仔, 毛毛仔雨, 雨霎仔, 雨毛仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 毛毛仔雨 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 毛毛仔雨 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 霎雨綿仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 微微仔雨, 霎雨仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 雨霎仔, 霎霎雨 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 毛毛仔雨, 霎霎仔雨 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 雨微, 微微仔雨, 霎霎仔雨 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 細陣雨, 雨霎仔, 雨毛仔, 雨微仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 雨微 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 雨微 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 雨微 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 雨微 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 雨微 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 雨微 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 雨微 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 雨微 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 牛毛雨, 細雨, 孧雨 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 雨微囝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 雨囝微微, 細雨 |
| 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 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 麻花雨 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 毛毛雨, 濛鬆雨, 細雨, 小雨 |
| Wu | Danyang | 毛毛雨, 濛濛雨 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 毛毛雨, 濛濛雨 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Fuyang) | 毛毛細雨, 雨毛細細 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 毛毛雨 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 毛毛雨 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 毛雨子, 細雨子, 細雨, 麻噴子, 麻噴子雨 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 毛毛雨, 毛雨子, 細雨 |

#### Coordinate terms

* 大雨 (dàyǔ)
* 中雨 (zhōngyǔ)

#### See also

* 毛毛雨 (máomaoyǔ)
* 細雨／细雨 (xìyǔ)

## 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”). 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

* (Tokyo) こさめ [kòsámé] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ko̞sa̠me̞]

### Noun

小(こ)雨(さめ) • (kosame)
* light rain, drizzle
** 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 1, page 24:霡霂 兼名苑云、細雨一名霡霂、小雨也、麥木二音、和名古佐女Drizzle The Concurrent Names Garden calls it fine rain, one name of drizzle is light rain, bakumoku are the two sounds, Japanese name kosame.

#### 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

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
   * Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.