小滿

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	to fill; to fulfil; filled to fill; to fulfil; filled; packed; Manchurian
trad. (小滿)		小	滿
simp. (小满)		小	满

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): Xiǎomǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄢˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xiao³ man³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² mun⁵
• Gan (Wiktionary): xieu³ mon³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Séu-mân

  (Meixian, Guangdong): xiau³ man¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): xiau² man²
• Northern Min (KCR): Siǎu-muǐng
• Eastern Min (BUC): Siēu-māng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Sió-boán / Sió-móa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siou² muan²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shiau-moe
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): siau³ monn³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xiǎomǎn [Phonetic: xiáomǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siǎomǎn
    • Wade–Giles: Hsiao³-man³
    • Yale: Syǎu-mǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sheaumaan
    • Palladius: Сяомань (Sjaomanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ män²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: xiao³ man³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xiaoman
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiau⁵³ man⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² mun⁵
    • Yale: síu múhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² mun⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² mun⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ muːn¹³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: xieu³ mon³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɛu²¹³⁻²⁴ mɵn²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Séu-mân
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu` man´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ man¹
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ man²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xiau³ man¹
    • Sinological IPA: /siau³¹ man⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: xiau² man²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕiau⁵³⁻¹¹ mæ̃⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Siǎu-muǐng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau²¹ muiŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Siēu-māng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sieu³³⁻³⁵ maŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sió-boán
    • Tâi-lô: Sió-buán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'boarn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ buan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ buan⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sió-móa
    • Tâi-lô: Sió-muá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioymoar
    • IPA (Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ muã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ muã⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siou² muan²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sióu muáⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siou⁵²⁻³⁵ mũã⁵²⁻²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵shiau-moe
    • MiniDict: shiau^去 moe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xiau-moe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɔ³³ mø⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: siau³ monn³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /si̯ɒu̯⁴¹ mõ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴¹ mõ⁴¹/

Proper noun

小滿

1. Lesser Fullness of Grain (8th of the 24 solar terms)
2. the day marking the beginning of the 8th solar term (May 20, 21, or 22) when the winter wheat, down the previous autumn, is filling out its ears

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (小滿):

• → Japanese: 小満(しょうまん) (shōman)
• → Korean: 소만(小滿) (soman)

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)