雪 (syut3 | xue3) : snow

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雪

syut3

xue3

[1] [n] snow
[2] [粵] [n] ice; ice-product
[3] [v] wipe out (a humiliation)

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Stroke count: 11

Level: 1

Radical: (#173)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

雪

Don't confuse with:
雷零需

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 25th Oct 2014 01:40

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小雪 siu2 syut3 xiao3 xue3 = Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 22nd November-6th December

大雪 daai6 syut3 da4 xue3 = Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 7th-21st December

雪白 syut3 baak6 xue3 bai2 = snowy white

雪花 syut3 faa1 xue3 hua1 = snowflake

落雪 lok6 syut3 = snowing 粵

下雪 haa6 syut3 xia4 xue3 = snowing 國

雪人 syut3 jan4 xue3 ren2 = snowman; yeti

雪車 syut3 ce1 xue3 che1 = sled, toboggan

白雪雪 baak6 syut3*1 syut3*1 = snow white 粵

雪櫃 syut3 gwai6 xue3 gui4 = refrigerator, fridge 粵
See all 73 compounds (CantoDict reports 75 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 15 examples containing 雪

我有雪白的兔子國
I have a snowy white rabbit

閂返道雪櫃門! 粵
Close the fridge door!
[Faan1 is used idiomatically here - we don't back 'close back the door' in English.]

冬天通常又凍又落雪。粵
It is usually cold and snowing in winter.

你估聖誕日會唔會落雪吖? 粵
Do you think it will snow on Christmas Day?

你覺得聖誕節當天會不會下雪？國
Do you think it will snow on Christmas Day?

若果落雪，我會砌個雪人! 粵
If it snows I will make a snowman!

如果下雪的話，我要堆雪人！國
If it snows I will make a snowman!

有一盞街燈喺雪地上面粵
There's a streetlight on the snowy ground.

落完雪之後，我哋大家出去砌雪人。粵
After the snow stopped falling, we all went out to build a snowman.

我擺咗你杯奶喺雪櫃畀你聽日飲。粵
I put your glass of milk in the refrigerator for you to drink tomorrow.

真係要多謝你雪中送炭我哋先至會捱過難關粵
We really must thank you for giving us (the money, food, material needs etc) so that we can make it through the hard times.

魚蛋粉有魚蛋，牛丸粉有牛丸，咁咩粉有雪糕同薯片? 些粉。粵
Fish ball noodles contain fish balls, beef ball noodles contain beef balls, what kind of noodles contain ice cream and potato chips? 7-Eleven.
[A joke in Cantonese that utilizes the pun between 粉 (noodles) and the Cantonese pronunciation of the second syllable of "seven". See entry for 些粉.]

呢度啱啱線放得雪櫃粵
This place is just nice for a fridge

呢個復活節係咪去北海道滑雪,重係十劃都未有一撇。粵
It's still far too early to tell if we are going skiing in Hokkaido this Easter.
[In this sentence, the third character 都 in the idiom 十劃都未有一撇 could be moved three spaces up so that the latter half of the sentence would become 都重係十劃未有一撇. The meaning would remain the same. ]

四月尾忽然間落場大雪，真係「未食五月粽，寒衣唔入籠」！粵
It suddenly snowed during the end of April. "Until it's time to eat Dragon Boat Festival's dumplings, don't put away your warm clothes," as they say!
[未食五月粽寒衣唔入籠 is a Cantonese saying. There are variations used by Mandarin and other dialects.]

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