小雨

Chinese
 
small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
 rain
trad. (小雨) 小 雨
simp. #(小雨) 小 雨

Pronunciation

Noun

小雨

  1. light rain

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 毛毛雨 (“drizzle; light rain”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 毛毛雨, 小雨, 細雨
Mandarin Taiwan 毛毛雨
Harbin 毛毛雨, 毛毛雨兒, 毛愣雨兒
Jinan 牛毛雨, 牛毛細雨, 毛毛雨
Luoyang 毛毛雨, 羅麵雨, 濛濛雨, 霧星
Wanrong 毛雨
Wanrong (Ronghe) 蠅母尿
Yinchuan 牛毛細細雨
Xining 牛毛細雨, 毛毛雨兒
Wuhan 麻噴, 麻噴子, 麻噴雨
Chengdu 毛毛雨
Guiyang 毛毛雨, 毛雨
Guilin 毛毛雨
Liuzhou 毛毛雨
Xuzhou 霧拉毛兒, 霧毛雨, 霧毛雨兒, 毛毛雨兒
Nanjing 毛毛雨, 毛雨
Malaysia 毛毛雨
Singapore 毛毛雨
Oudomxay 毛毛小雨
Cantonese Guangzhou 雨微, 雨微微, 雨微毛
Hong Kong 毛毛雨, 微微雨, 雨粉, 雨微
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 微雨
Macau 雨微
Guangzhou (Panyu) 雨微
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 雨微
Guangzhou (Conghua) 水微塵
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 雨微仔
Foshan 雨微
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 毛毛雨
Foshan (Shunde) 雨微
Foshan (Sanshui) 蝨乸雨
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 雨微仔
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 雨微微
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 雨微微
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 雨仔尾
Zhuhai (Doumen) 水塵
Jiangmen (Baisha) 水仔飛飛
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 雨仔尾
Taishan 飛水仔, 細水, 水仔
Kaiping (Chikan) 飛水仔
Enping (Niujiang) 飛水仔
Heshan (Yayao) 毛毛雨
Dongguan 雨微, 雨微粉, 雨微絲, 雨仔微絲
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 微微雨
Sanya (Yanglan Maihua) 毛毛雨
Sarikei (Xinhui) 水仔
Bangkok (Guangfu) 雨微
Gan Nanchang 毛毛雨
Lichuan 狗毛雨
Pingxiang 毛雨, 細雨
Hakka Meixian 雨毛, 毛毛雨, 細雨
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 水微仔
Dongguan (Qingxi) 水毛塵
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 濛蝦水
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 水毛
Conghua (Lütian) 微毛細水
Yudu 眉毛雨子, 細雨子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 雨毛仔, 雨毛屑仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 雨毛仔, 雨毛屑仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 水毛仔, 雨毛屑仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 雨毛, 雨毛屑
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 雨微仔, 雨微屑仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 雨浘, 雭雭雨, 雨毛
Kuching (Hepo) 水毛
Singkawang 水毛
Bangkok (Meixian) 落毛毛雨, 雨毛仔
Bangkok (Fengshun) 落細水
Bangkok (Jiexi) 水毛飛飛
Huizhou Jixi 毛毛雨
Jin Taiyuan 羅麵雨, 濛糝糝雨
Xinzhou 羅麵雨, 濛糝糝兒雨
Min Dong Fuzhou 雨濛
Min Nan Xiamen 細陣雨, 雨霎仔, 雨毛仔, 霎霎仔雨
Quanzhou 細陣雨, 雨霎仔, 雨微仔, 霎霎仔雨
Zhangzhou 細陣雨, 雨霎仔, 雨微仔, 霎霎仔雨
Tainan 雨霎仔, 毛毛仔雨 GT, 雨毛仔 GT, 細陣雨 GT
Singapore (Hokkien) 細陣雨, 雨霎仔, 雨毛仔, 雨微仔
Chaozhou 雨微
Shantou 雨微
Shantou (Chenghai) 雨微
Nan'ao (Houzhai) 雨微
Nan'ao (Yun'ao) 雨微
Jieyang 雨微
Bangkok (Teochew) 雨微
Pontianak (Teochew) 雨微
Haikou 牛毛雨, 細雨, 孧雨
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 雨微囝
Sanxiang 雨囝微微
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
Shanghai (Chongming) 麻花雨
Suzhou 毛毛雨, 濛鬆雨, 細雨, 小雨
Danyang 毛毛雨, 濛濛雨
Hangzhou 毛毛雨, 濛濛雨
Hangzhou (Fuyang) 毛毛細雨, 雨毛細細
Ningbo 毛毛雨
Jinhua 毛毛雨
Xiang Changsha 毛雨子, 細雨子, 細雨, 麻噴子, 麻噴子雨
Loudi 毛毛雨, 毛雨子, 細雨
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Antonyms

See also

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”).[1][2] 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

Noun

小(こ)雨(さめ) • (kosame) 

  1. light rain, drizzle
    • 931–938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō (book 1, page 24)
      霡霂 兼名苑云、細雨一名霡霂、小雨也、麥木二音、已上本注、和名古佐女
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Antonyms

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
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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