siu2 syut3小雪
Jyutpingsiu2 syut3
Yalesíu syut
Definition
Siaoxue or "Minor Snow", the 20th solar term of the traditional calendar.
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How it's used
Solar terms like 小雪 are primarily used in traditional calendars and agricultural contexts rather than daily conversation. While people in Hong Kong might recognize the term from calendars, it does not reflect the local climate, as it rarely snows in the region.
Examples
The weather starts to turn chilly around the time of Lesser Snow.
Do you know which day Lesser Snow falls on this year?
Related words
Common phrases
the Lesser Snow solar term
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
