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

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/

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	/siᴇu^X/	/ɕˠiuɪ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛu^X/	/ɕʷᵚi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæu^X/	/ɕiuɪ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siaw^X/	/ɕjwi^X/
Li Rong	/siɛu^X/	/ɕjui^X/
Wang Li	/sĭɛu^X/	/ɕwi^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ɛu^X/	/ɕwi^X/
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	‹ sjew^X ›	‹ sywij^X ›
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

small flow of water
small flood
small pool
large closed lake
spring tides
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])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːsɨᵝi]

Noun

小(しょう)水(すい) • (shōsui)

(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
small amount of water

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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