# 小水
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiǎoshuǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): siu$^2$ seoi$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siáu-súi / sió-chúi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoshuǐ [Phonetic: xiáoshuǐ] → xiǎoshui (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ → ㄒㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄕㄨㄟ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoshue̊i
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^3$-shui$^5$
*** Yale: syǎu-shwei
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheau.shoei
*** Palladius: сяошуй (sjaošuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ʂu̯eɪ̯⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: siu$^2$ seoi$^2$
*** Yale: síu séui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: siu$^2$ soey$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xiu$^2$ sêu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːu̯³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu-súi / sió-chúi
*** Tâi-lô: siáu-suí / sió-tsuí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siawsuie, sioyzuie
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sui⁵³/, /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sui⁵⁵⁴/, /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sui⁵³/, /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sui⁵³/, /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sui⁴¹/, /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: sjewX sywijX
Rime :
| Character | 小 | 水 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) | 書 (26) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) | 脂 (18) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 私兆切 | 式軌切 |
| Baxter | sjewX | sywijX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /siᴇu$^X$/ | /ɕˠiuɪ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /siɛu$^X$/ | /ɕʷᵚi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /sjæu$^X$/ | /ɕiuɪ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /siaw$^X$/ | /ɕjwi$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /siɛu$^X$/ | /ɕjui$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /sĭɛu$^X$/ | /ɕwi$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /si̯ɛu$^X$/ | /ɕwi$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiǎo | shuǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | siu$^2$ | seoi$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ewʔ s.turʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*smewʔ qʰʷljilʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 小 | 水 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiǎo | shuǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ sjew$^X$ › | ‹ sywij$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[s]ewʔ/ | /*s.turʔ/ (E dialect: *-r > *-j) |
| English | small | water; river |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 小 | 水 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 13705 | 11948 |
| Phonetic component | 小 | 水 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 小 | 水 |
| Old Chinese | /*smewʔ/ | /*qʰʷljilʔ/ |
| Notes | 甲金文象沙而指小， 指事字 | |

### Noun

小水
* small flow of water
* small flood
* small pool
* large closed lake
* spring tides
* urine

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 小 | 水 |
| しょう Grade: 1 | すい Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 少水

### Alternative forms

* お小(しょう)水(すい) (o-shōsui)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しょーすい [shòósúí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɕo̞ːsɨi]

### Noun

小(しょう)水(すい) • (shōsui)
* (euphemistic) urine
    Synonyms: 小便, 尿
    お小(しょう)水(すい)を検(けん)査(さ)する
       o-shōsui o kensa suru
       to perform a urine test
* small amount of water

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN