HSK 2 · Common Things

雪 xuě “snow” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 雪 means

  1. snow

Measure word 场 cháng · 一场雪 yì cháng xuě

How to say 雪

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale雪xuě3rd tone, dipping

雪 in a sentence

  1. 你喜欢雪吗？

    Nǐ xǐhuan xuě ma?

    Do you like snow?

    Sentence #510751 from Tatoeba

  2. 去年下了很多雪。

    Qùnián xià le hěn duō xuě.

    It snowed a lot last year.

    Sentence #336618 from Tatoeba

  3. 雪停了。

    Xuě tíng le.

    It’s stopped snowing.

    Sentence #8940735 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 雪 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 雪 (xuě) with each of its parts in a different colour
雪xuěsnow
  • 雨rain · yǔMeaning part
  • 彐snout · jìSound part

雨 hints at the meaning (rain); 彐 (jì) hints at the sound. Compare it with xuě.

How to write 雪

雪 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

雪 (xuě) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 雪 (xuě). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 雪

Words with 雪

雪上加霜xuěshàngjiāshuāng · one misfortune after another (lit. frost on top of snow)

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FAQs

雪 (xuě) means “snow”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it xuě: xuě with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 雪 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 场 (cháng). For example, one snow is 一场雪 (yì cháng xuě).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 雪 from the suggestions. Typing xue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
雪 is an HSK 2 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.