小陽春

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	warm spring day
trad. (小陽春)		小	陽春
simp. (小阳春)		小	阳春

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoyángchūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² joeng⁴ ceon¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): xiau³ yong² cun¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵shiau-yan-tshen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoyángchūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoyángchun
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-yang²-chʻun¹
    • Yale: syǎu-yáng-chwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauyangchuen
    • Palladius: сяоянчунь (sjaojančunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² joeng⁴ ceon¹
    • Yale: síu yèuhng chēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² joeng⁴ tsoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² yêng⁴ cên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ jœːŋ²¹ t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xiau³ yong² cun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /siau³¹ iɔŋ¹¹ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵shiau-yan-tshen
    • MiniDict: shiau^去 yan tshen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xiau-hhian-tshen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɔ³³ ɦiã⁵⁵ t͡sʰən²¹/

Noun

小陽春

1. the tenth month of the Chinese calendar, when the weather of which is similar to that of a pleasant spring; Indian summer
2. (figuratively, especially of the real estate market) increase in market activity
   1. (originally) minor rebound in a bearish market, usually with some uncertainty of the future
   2. (now in Hong Kong) increase in real estate market activity after the Lunar New Year

References

• “【樓巿小陽春】如何分辨真假小陽春？”, in Midland Realty, 2019 December 30