Meaning
snow
Chinese: 雪。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “xue” becomes a different word in each tone. 雪 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 下雪xià xuěto snow
- 冰雪bīng xuěice and snow
- 滑雪huá xuěto ski; skiing
- 雪上加霜xuě shàng jiā shuāng(idiom) to make matters even worse; to add insult to injury
- 雪山xuě shānsnow-capped mountain
Example Sentence
冬天到了，天上下起了雪。Dōng tiān dào le, tiān shàng xià qǐ le xuě.Winter has come, and it began to snow.
冬天Dōng tiānwinter到了dào leat last，天上tiān shàngthe sky下xiàbelow起qǐto rise了le(completed action)雪xuěsnow。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The rain top (雨) over 彐 (a hand or broom): the kind of ‘rain’ you can sweep up — frozen rain, i.e. ‘snow’.
A way to remember it
Rain you can sweep with a broom — snow.
Easy to confuse with
- 雨‘Rain’: just the weather top by itself, with drops inside.