小暑是农历二十四节气的第十一个节气，也是夏天的第五个节气。
小暑的到来也表示夏季的正式开始。
暑，表示炎热的意思，小暑就是小热，还没有特别热。
小暑一般是每年的7月6日、7月7日或者7月8日。
这个节气人们习惯吃饺子。
中国南方在这段时间也进入暴雨的季节。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 小暑 | Xiǎo shǔ | Xiaoshu or Lesser Heat, 11th of the 24 solar terms |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 农历 | nóng lì | the traditional Chinese calendar / the lunar calendar |
| 二十四 | èr shí sì | twenty-four; the number 24 |
| 节气 | jié qì | solar term |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number) |
| 十一 | shí yī | eleven / 11 |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 夏天 | xià tiān | summer |
| 五 | wǔ | five / 5 |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 来 | lái | to come |
| 表示 | biǎo shì | (of sb) to express; to state; to show / (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show |
| 夏季 | xià jì | summer |
| 正式 | zhèng shì | formal; official |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | beginning |
| 暑 | shǔ | heat / hot weather / summer heat |
| 炎热 | yán rè | blistering hot / sizzling hot (weather) |
| 意思 | yì si | idea / opinion / meaning |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 小 | xiǎo | small / tiny / few |
| 热 | rè | hot (of weather) |
| 还 | hái | still, still in progress, yet |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't / hasn't |
| 特别 | tè bié | very; especially; particularly / in particular |
| 一般 | yī bān | generally / in general |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 日 | rì | sun / day / date, day of the month |
| 或者 | huò zhě | or |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 人们 | rén men | people |
| 习惯 | xí guàn | to be used to |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 饺子 | jiǎo zi | dumpling / pot-sticker |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 南方 | nán fāng | south; southern direction / (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 段 | duàn | classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 进入 | jìn rù | to enter / to join / to go into |
| 暴雨 | bào yǔ | torrential rain / rainstorm |
| 季节 | jì jié | time / season / period |