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雪

xuě

HSK 2 Character Measure word 场

What 雪 means

1. snow
2. literaryto wipe away (a humiliation etc)

Other readings

雪 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Xuěsurname Xue

Example sentences

• 雪化了。
  The snow is melted.
• 下雪了。
  It's snowing.
• 雪停了。
  It's stopped snowing.
• 雪消失了。
  The snow has disappeared.
• 今天下雪。
  It's snowy today.
• 要下雪了。
  It is going to snow.

Words starting with 雪

• 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
• 雪白xuě báisnow white
• 雪花xuě huāsnowflake
• 雪地xuě dìsnow-covered ground
• 雪糕xuě gāoice cream bar; ice cream popsicle
• 雪茄xuě jiā(loanword) cigar
• 雪峰xuě fēngsnowy peak
• 雪亮xuě liànglit. bright as snow; shiny; dazzling
• 雪人xuě rénsnowman; yeti
• 雪碧Xuě bìSprite (soft drink)
• 雪橇xuě qiāosled; sledge; sleigh
• 雪莲xuě liánsnow lotus herb; Saussurea involucrata
• 雪原xuě yuánsnowfield
• 雪景xuě jǐngsnowscape
• 雪片xuě piànsnowflake
• 雪松xuě sōngcedar tree; cedarwood
• 雪铁龙Xuě tiě lóngCitroën (French car manufacturer)
• 雪球xuě qiúsnowball
• 雪崩xuě bēngavalanche
• 雪中送炭xuě zhōng sòng tànlit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom); fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need
• 雪佛兰Xuě fó lánChevrolet
• 雪夜xuě yèsnowy night
• 雪莱Xuě láiShelley; abbr. for 珀西·比希·珀西·比希·雪莱

Words containing 雪

• 大雪Dà xuěDaxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 7th-21st December
• 下雪xià xuěto snow
• 白雪bái xuěsnow
• 滑雪huá xuěto ski; skiing
• 曹雪芹Cáo Xuě qínCao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of A Dream of Red Mansions 红楼梦
• 冰雪bīng xuěice and snow
• 小雪Xiǎo xuěXiaoxue or Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 22nd November-6th December
• 积雪jī xuěsnow; snow cover; snow mantle
• 风雪fēng xuěsnowstorm
• 风花雪月fēng huā xuě yuèwind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom)…
• 冰天雪地bīng tiān xuě dìa world of ice and snow
• 滑雪场huá xuě chǎngski slopes; ski resort
• 白雪公主Bái xuě Gōng zhǔSnow White
• 暴风雪bào fēng xuěsnowstorm; blizzard
• 踏雪tà xuěto go for a walk in the snow
• 白雪皑皑bái xuě ái áibrilliant white snow cover (esp. of distant peaks)
• 昭雪zhāo xuěto exonerate; to clear (from an accusation); to rehabilitate
• 降雪jiàng xuěto snow; snowfall
• 瑞雪ruì xuětimely snow
• 似雪sì xuěsnowy
• 暴雪bào xuěsnowstorm; blizzard
• 洗雪xǐ xuěto erase; to wipe out (a previous humiliation etc)
• 申雪shēn xuěto right a wrong; to redress an injustice
• 落雪luò xuě(literary or dialectal) to snow; (literary) fallen snow; settled snow

Characters that look like 雪

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 拿náto hold; to seize; to catch
• 曾céngonce; already; ever (in the past)
• 蛮mánbarbarian; bullying; very
• 龛kān(bound form) niche; shrine
• 蛰zhéto hibernate
• 啻chìonly (classical, usually follows negative or question words); (not) just

Sounds the same

Read xuě, tone for tone, but written differently.

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