小水

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	water; river
simp. and trad. (小水)		小	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² seoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siáu-súi / sió-chúi

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• 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: hsiao³-shui⁵
    • Yale: syǎu-shwei
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheau.shoei
    • Palladius: сяошуй (sjaošuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ʂu̯eɪ̯⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² seoi²
    • Yale: síu séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /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/

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• 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	/siᴇuX/	/ɕˠiuɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛuX/	/ɕʷᵚiX/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæuX/	/ɕiuɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siawX/	/ɕjwiX/
Li Rong	/siɛuX/	/ɕjuiX/
Wang Li	/sĭɛuX/	/ɕwiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ɛuX/	/ɕwiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎo	shuǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu2	seoi2

• 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	‹ sjewX ›	‹ sywijX ›
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

1. small flow of water
2. small flood
3. small pool
4. large closed lake
5. spring tides
6. 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^(key): [ɕo̞ːsɨᵝi]

Noun

小(しょう)水(すい) • (shōsui) 

1. (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

2. small amount of water