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下雪
xiàxuě
Main
English Definitionto snow
Simplified Script下雪
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinxiàxuě
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping)haa6syut3
Part of Speech(动宾式) verb object
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=2 TOCFL=3
Word Decomposition
下xiàdown; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
雪xuěsnow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc); (Chinese surname)

Related Words

Words With Same Head Word    
下午xiàwǔafternoon; p.m.
下雨xiàyǔto rain
下课xiàkèto finish class; to get out of class; (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed; to be fired
下班xiàbānto finish work; to get off work
下来xiàlaito come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
Words With Same Tail Word    
滑雪huáxuěto ski; skiing
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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