小暑
siu2 syu2Xiǎo shǔ
English
- Xiaoshu or Lesser Heat, 11th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-22nd July
- a part of the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar, meaning that the weather has turned hot, but not as extreme as Daai Syu (major heat), which comes later in the summer; literally "minor heat"
粵語 — Cantonese
- 二十四節氣之一;喺夏至之後,代表天氣已經轉熱,但係未有大暑咁熱
Examples
小暑到喇,係時候食西瓜。
It's Siu Syu already; time to eat watermelon.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk