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

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• 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 t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/

Noun

小春

1. Alternative name for 小陽春／小阳春 (xiǎoyángchūn, “the tenth lunar month”).
2. 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])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ha̠ɾɯ̟]

Noun

小(こ)春(はる) • (koharu) 

1. 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) 

1. a female given name