Hanzi
Traditional
雪
Simplified
雪

snow/CL:場|场[chang2]/(literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 2

Pinyin

xuě

Bopomofo

ㄒㄩㄝˇ

Jyutping

syut3

Example sentences

下雪 xiàxuě
外面正在下雪，我們去堆雪人吧。
外面正在下雪，我们去堆雪人吧。

It's snowing outside, let's go build a snowman.

不便 bùbiàn
由於下雪，交通變得非常不便。
由于下雪，交通变得非常不便。

Due to the snow, traffic has become very inconvenient.

雪 xuě
昨天下了一場大雪。
昨天下了一场大雪。

It snowed heavily yesterday.

覆蓋 / 覆盖 fùgài
大地被厚雪覆蓋。
大地被厚雪覆盖。

The earth is covered by thick snow.

雪花 xuěhuā
窗外飄落著雪花。
窗外飘落著雪花。

Snowflakes are drifting outside the window.

緩緩 / 缓缓 huǎnhuǎn
美麗的雪花緩緩飄落。
美丽的雪花缓缓飘落。

Beautiful snowflakes slowly drifted down.

冰雪 bīngxuě
孩子們在冰雪上玩耍。
孩子们在冰雪上玩耍。

The children are playing on the ice and snow.

北極 / 北极 běijí
北極地區的氣候非常寒冷，終年覆蓋著冰雪。
北极地区的气候非常寒冷，终年覆盖著冰雪。

The climate in the Arctic region is very cold, covered with ice and snow all year round.

大雪 dàxuě
冬天的大雪覆蓋了整個村莊。
冬天的大雪覆盖了整个村庄。

The heavy snow in winter covered the entire village.

吉林 jílín
吉林的冬天常常下大雪。

It often snows heavily in Jilin in winter.

Example Vocabulary

下雪

xia4'xue3

to snow

雪

xue3

snow

雪花

xue3'hua1

snowflake

冰雪

bing1'xue3

ice and snow

大雪

da4'xue3

heavy snow; 'Great Snow' (21st solar term)

小雪

xiao3'xue3

Lesser Snow solar term; light snow

滑雪

hua2'xue3

to ski; skiing

瑞雪

rui4'xue3

auspicious snow; timely snow

似雪

冰天雪地

bing1'tian1'xue3'di4

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