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滑雪
huáxuě
Main
English Definitionto ski; skiing
Simplified Script滑雪
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinhuáxuě
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)
Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping)waat6syut3
Part of Speech(名) noun, (动) verb
Topical Word Lists
Part of society/sports
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=7 TOCFL=5
Word Decomposition
huáto slip; to slide; smooth; slippery; cunning; (Chinese surname)
xuěsnow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc); (Chinese surname)

Related Words

Words With Same Head Word    
滑坡huápōrockslide; landslip; landslide; mudslide; fig. slump; downturn; to decline
滑稽huájīcomical; funny; amusing; old pr. [gu3 ji1]; huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang
滑冰huábīngto skate; skating
滑动huádòngto slide; sliding movement
滑行huáxíngto slide; to coast; to glide; (of an aircraft) to taxi
Words With Same Tail Word    
下雪xiàxuěto snow
大雪dàxuěDaxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 7th-21st December
小雪xiǎoxuěXiaoxue or Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 22nd November-6th December
冰雪bīngxuěice and snow
白雪báixuěsnow
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