霜 (soeng1 | shuang1) : frost; frost-like powder; hoary

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霜

soeng1

shuang1

[1] [n] frost; frost-like powder
[2] [adj] hoary; white; powdery

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Stroke count: 17

Level: 2

Radical: (#173)

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

霜

This word has been viewed 5756 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 27th Apr 2014 14:38

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霜降 soeng1 gong3 shuang1 jiang4 = Frost Descends, 18th of the 24 solar terms 23rd October-6th November

霜白 soeng1 baak6 shuang1 bai2 = frosty

冰霜 bing1 soeng1 bing1 shuang1 = austerity, moral honesty

面霜 min6 soeng1 mian4 shuang1 = cream, face cream

砒霜 pei1 soeng1 pi1 shuang1 = white arsenic

雪上加霜 syut3 soeng6 gaa1 soeng1 = one disaster after another

潤面霜 jeon6 min6 soeng1 = moisturizer (bath and beauty item)

潤膚霜 jeon6 fu1 soeng1 = cream, lotion

冷若冰霜 laang5 joek6 bing1 soeng1 = as cold as ice in manner; someone who is cold; aloof; distant

食砒霜杜蟲 sik6 pei1 soeng1 dou6 cung4 shi2 pi1 shuang1 du4 chong2 = Use unnecessarily drastic counter measures (ones that hurt oneself) to deal with a minor issue 粵
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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 霜
Unicode code for this character: U+971c (off-site link)

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