雪 (xuě): snow
雪 (xuě) is a Chinese character meaning “snow.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 雨 (semantic) and 彐 (phonetic). It ranks #1002 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 雪 rain. Its radical form 雨 (rain) appears in many related characters such as 雨 (yǔ, rain), 零 (líng, zero), 需 (xū, to need).
Definitions
- snow
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 雪
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雪茄 | xuě jiā | (loanword) cigar |
| 雪橇 | xuě qiāo | sled |
| 下雪 | xià xuě | to snow |
| 雪山 | xuě shān | snow-capped mountain |
| 雪花 | xuě huā | snowflake |
| 暴风雪 | bào fēng xuě | snowstorm |
| 冰雪 | bīng xuě | ice and snow |
| 雪球 | xuě qiú | snowball |
| 雪人 | xuě rén | snowman |
| 雪梨 | xuě lí | snow pear (pyrus nivalis) |
| 大雪 | dà xuě | Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December |
| 雪佛兰 | xuě fó lán | Chevrolet |
| 小雪 | xiǎo xuě | Xiaoxue or Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd November-6th December |
| 雪崩 | xuě bēng | avalanche |
| 雪地 | xuě dì | snow-covered ground |
雪 appears in 100 compound words: 62 as the first character, 24 as the last, and 14 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 雪 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (17)
to avenge a wrong and wipe out or erase humiliation; to take revenge for an insult
lit. cold-resistant (idiom); fig. remaining strong in harsh conditions; resilient; unyielding
to make a bad situation worse; to add insult to injury; to rub salt in the wound
to avenge a wrong and wipe out or erase humiliation; to take revenge for an insult
lit. cold-resistant (idiom); fig. remaining strong in harsh conditions; resilient; unyielding
to make a bad situation worse; to add insult to injury; to rub salt in the wound
Showing 12 of 17 idioms containing 雪.
Example Sentences
冬天下雪后，路面很滑，开车要小心。
Dōngtiān xiàxuě hòu, lùmiàn hěn huá, kāichē yào xiǎoxīn.
After snowing in winter, the road is very slippery; drive carefully.
在米兰,冰雪赛场藏着中国式浪漫
zài mǐ lán , bīng xuě sài chǎng zàng zhe zhōng guó shì làng màn
In Milan, the ice and snow arena hides Chinese romance
自由式滑雪男子U型场地技巧预赛结束 4名中国选手均...
zì yóu shì huá xuě nán zǐ U xíng chǎng dì jì qiǎo yù sài jié shù 4 míng zhōng guó xuǎn shǒu jūn . . .
Freestyle skiing men's halfpipe track skills preliminaries ended 4 Chinese players...
跨区出行需求活跃,冬奥会带火冰雪旅游热
kuà qū chū háng xū qiú huó yuè , dōng ào huì dài huǒ bīng xuě lǚ yóu rè
The demand for cross-regional travel is active, and the Winter Olympics will bring fire to ice and snow tourism
一文回顾徐梦桃冬奥会风雪卫冕路:16年间参加5届奥..
yī wén huí gù xú mèng táo dōng ào huì fēng xuě wèi 冕 lù nián jiān cān jiā jiè ào . .
An article review Xu Mengtao winter Olympic wind and snow defense road: 16 years to participate in five o...
...留俄罗斯“极光村”的中国游客:路两边的冰雪堆..
. . . liú é luó sī jí guāng cūn de zhōng guó yóu kè lù liǎng biān de bīng xuě duī . .
Chinese tourists stranded in Russia's "Aurora Village": Snowdrifts lining both sides of the road...
我们去滑雪怎么样？
Wǒmen qù huáxuě zěnmeyàng?
What do you say we go skiing?
你在你的车上装雪地轮了吗？
Nǐ zài nǐ de chē shàng zhuāng xuědìlún le ma?
Have you put winter tyres on your car yet?
耶诞节下雪的概率有多大呢？
Yēdànjié xiàxuě de gàilǜ yǒu duōdà ne?
What are the chances we'll have a white Christmas?
「早啊！外头有雪！」「真的？」
「 zǎo ā! wàitou yǒu xuě!」「 zhēn de?」
"Morning! There's snow outside!" "Seriously?"
Character Family
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