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xuě
HSK 2.0 Level 2 HSK 3.0 Level 2

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Definitions

  1. 1. snow
  2. 2. (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 339864)

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Words Containing 雪

雪线
xuě xiàn

snow line

雪山狮子旗
xuě shān shī zi qí

Snow lion banner, banned flag of Tibetan independence movement, featuring mythological Snow Leopard

雪山狮子
xuě shān shī zi

Snow lion, mythological animal, a banned symbol of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism

雪亮
xuě liàng

lit. bright as snow

浣雪
huàn xuě

to cleanse oneself of false accusations

雪菜
xuě cài

see 雪裡蕻|雪里蕻[xuě lǐ hóng]

扫雪车
sǎo xuě chē

snowplow

雪种
xuě zhǒng

refrigerant

棕颈雪雀
zōng jǐng xuě què

(bird species of China) rufous-necked snowfinch (Pyrgilauda ruficollis)

雪里蕻
xuě lǐ hóng

potherb mustard

雪佛龙石油公司
xuě fó lóng shí yóu gōng sī

Chevron Corporation

冰雪聪明
bīng xuě cōng ming

exceptionally intelligent (idiom)

雪豹
xuě bào

snow leopard

雪菲尔德
xuě fēi ěr dé

Sheffield (City in England)

白马雪山
bái mǎ xuě shān

Baima Snow Mountains, up to 5430 m., in Dechen or Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[dí qìng zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan

曹雪芹
cáo xuě qín

Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[hóng lóu mèng]

雪利酒
xuě lì jiǔ

sherry (loanword)

滑雪索道
huá xuě suǒ dào

ski-lift

雪兰莪
xuě lán é

Selangor (Malaysia)

雪球
xuě qiú

snowball

雪峰
xuě fēng

snowy peak

雪地靴
xuě dì xuē

ugg boots

玉龙雪山
yù lóng xuě shān

Mt Yulong or Jade dragon in Lijiang 麗江|丽江, northwest Yunnan

白雪公主
bái xuě gōng zhǔ

Snow White

雪蟹
xuě xiè

snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)

鹅毛大雪
é máo dà xuě

goose feather snow (idiom)

雪酪
xuě lào

sherbet

飞雪
fēi xuě

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雪套
xuě tào

gaiters

踏雪
tà xuě

to go for a walk in the snow

雪茄
xuě jiā

cigar (loanword)

雪克
xuě kè

(milk)shake (loanword)

滑雪术
huá xuě shù

skiing

雪佛莱
xuě fó lái

Chevrolet, US car make

飞鸿踏雪
fēi hóng tà xuě

see 雪泥鴻爪|雪泥鸿爪[xuě ní hóng zhǎo]

雪鸽
xuě gē

(bird species of China) snow pigeon (Columba leuconota)

单板滑雪
dān bǎn huá xuě

to snowboard

聚萤映雪
jù yíng yìng xuě

lit. to collect fireflies and study by their light (idiom); fig. ambitious student from impoverished background

一雪前耻
yī xuě qián chǐ

to wipe away a humiliation (idiom)

各人自扫门前雪,莫管他家瓦上霜
gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng

sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)

棕背雪雀
zōng bèi xuě què

(bird species of China) Blanford's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda blanfordi)

融雪天气
róng xuě tiān qì

a thaw

雪莲
xuě lián

snow lotus herb

积雪
jī xuě

snow

滑雪运动
huá xuě yùn dòng

skiing

下雪
xià xuě

to snow

打雪仗
dǎ xuě zhàng

to have a snowball fight

雪藏
xuě cáng

(fig.) to suspend a performer or sports player (as punishment)

湔雪
jiān xuě

to wipe away (a humiliation)

雪片
xuě piàn

snowflake

降雪
jiàng xuě

to snow

雪板
xuě bǎn

snowboard

飞鸿雪爪
fēi hóng xuě zhǎo

see 雪泥鴻爪|雪泥鸿爪[xuě ní hóng zhǎo]

雅拉雪山
yǎ lā xuě shān

Mt Yarla Shampo, in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县[dào fú xiàn], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan

雪崩
xuě bēng

avalanche

踏雪板
tà xuě bǎn

snowshoe

雪雁
xuě yàn

(bird species of China) snow goose (Anser caerulescens)

报仇雪恨
bào chóu xuě hèn

to take revenge and wipe out a grudge (idiom)

雪鹑
xuě chún

(bird species of China) snow partridge (Lerwa lerwa)

滑雪
huá xuě

to ski

雪条
xuě tiáo

ice lolly

冰雪皇后
bīng xuě huáng hòu

Dairy Queen (brand)

雪青
xuě qīng

lilac (color)

雪橇
xuě qiāo

sled

雪上加霜
xuě shàng jiā shuāng

(idiom) to make matters even worse

黑喉雪雀
hēi hóu xuě què

(bird species of China) Pere David's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda davidiana)

雪铁龙
xuě tiě lóng

Citroën (French car manufacturer)

白腰雪雀
bái yāo xuě què

(bird species of China) white-rumped snowfinch (Onychostruthus taczanowskii)

白雪皑皑
bái xuě ái ái

brilliant white snow cover (esp. of distant peaks)

雪耻
xuě chǐ

to take revenge for a past insult

雪山
xuě shān

snow-capped mountain

雪白
xuě bái

snow white

阿拉斯加雪橇犬
ā lā sī jiā xuě qiāo quǎn

Alaskan malamute

雪鹀
xuě wú

(bird species of China) snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)

雪耳
xuě ěr

snow fungus (Tremella fuciformis)

滑雪场
huá xuě chǎng

ski slopes; ski resort

冰天雪地
bīng tiān xuě dì

a world of ice and snow

雪泥鸿爪
xuě ní hóng zhǎo

a goose's footprint in the snow

雅拉香波雪山
yǎ lā xiāng bō xuě shān

Mt Yarla Shampo, in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县[dào fú xiàn], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan

雪顿
xuě dùn

Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar

滑雪板
huá xuě bǎn

ski

雪地车
xuě dì chē

snowmobile

小雪
xiǎo xuě

Xiaoxue or Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd November-6th December

梅里雪山
méi lǐ xuě shān

Meili Snow Mountains, with peaks up to 6000 m., in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[dí qìng zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan

大雪
dà xuě

Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December

阿尔泰雪鸡
ā ěr tài xuě jī

(bird species of China) Altai snowcock (Tetraogallus altaicus)

雪貂
xuě diāo

ferret

珀西·比希·雪莱
pò xī · bǐ xī · xuě lái

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), English Romantic poet

雪葩
xuě pā

sorbet (loanword)

雪糕
xuě gāo

ice cream bar; ice cream popsicle

雪景
xuě jǐng

snowscape

雨夹雪
yǔ jiā xuě

sleet

雪鸮
xuě xiāo

(bird species of China) snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus)

雪松
xuě sōng

cedar tree

昭雪
zhāo xuě

to exonerate

李雪健
lǐ xuě jiàn

Li Xuejian (1954-), Chinese actor

似雪
sì xuě

snowy

褐翅雪雀
hè chì xuě què

(bird species of China) Tibetan snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi)

终年积雪
zhōng nián jī xuě

permanent snow cover

积雪场
jī xuě chǎng

snowpack

程门立雪
chéng mén lì xuě

lit. the snow piles up at Cheng Yi's door (idiom)

雪佛兰
xuě fó lán

Chevrolet

雪梨
xuě lí

snow pear (pyrus nivalis)

雪城
xuě chéng

Syracuse, New York

踏雪寻梅
tà xuě xún méi

to walk in the snow to view the flowering plum

暴雪鹱
bào xuě hù

(bird species of China) northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)

霜雪
shuāng xuě

frost and snow

雪茄头
xuě jiā tóu

cigarette lighter plug (inserted in a car's cigarette lighter socket to draw power)

林雪平
lín xuě píng

Linköping, city in southeast Sweden

雪里红
xuě lǐ hóng

potherb mustard

姚雪垠
yáo xuě yín

Yao Xueyin (1910-1999), PRC novelist, author of historical novel Li Zicheng 李自成

暴风雪
bào fēng xuě

snowstorm

雪柜
xuě guì

icebox

风花雪月
fēng huā xuě yuè

wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance

铲雪车
chǎn xuě chē

snowplow

融雪
róng xuě

melting snow

雪泥
xuě ní

dirty snow

雪顿节
xuě dùn jié

Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar

雪佛龙
xuě fó lóng

Chevron (oil company)

白雪
bái xuě

snow

藏雪鸡
zàng xuě jī

(bird species of China) Tibetan snowcock (Tetraogallus tibetanus)

报仇雪耻
bào chóu xuě chǐ

to take revenge and erase humiliation (idiom)

雪仗
xuě zhàng

snow fight

申雪
shēn xuě

to right a wrong

雪纺
xuě fǎng

chiffon (loanword)

雪茄烟
xuě jiā yān

cigar

赫鲁雪夫
hè lǔ xuě fu

see 赫魯曉夫|赫鲁晓夫[hè lǔ xiǎo fu]

雪糕筒
xuě gāo tǒng

(Cantonese-influenced Mandarin) (coll.) traffic cone

藏雪雀
zàng xuě què

(bird species of China) Henri's snowfinch (Montifringilla henrici)

雪莱
xuě lái

Shelley

雪鞋
xuě xié

snowshoes

雪中送炭
xuě zhōng sòng tàn

lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom)

跳台滑雪
tiào tái huá xuě

ski jumping

雪花膏
xuě huā gāo

vanishing cream

雪人
xuě rén

snowman

雪花
xuě huā

snowflake

洗雪
xǐ xuě

to erase

雪山太子
xuě shān tài zǐ

Meili Snow Mountains in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[dí qìng zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan

冰雪
bīng xuě

ice and snow

瑞雪
ruì xuě

timely snow

阳春白雪
yáng chūn bái xuě

melodies of the elite in the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[chǔ guó]

车尔尼雪夫斯基
chē ěr ní xuě fū sī jī

Nikolai Chernyshevsky

雪暴
xuě bào

blizzard

白斑翅雪雀
bái bān chì xuě què

(bird species of China) white-winged snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis)

雪碧
xuě bì

Sprite (soft drink)

障碍滑雪
zhàng ài huá xuě

(snow skiing) slalom

暗腹雪鸡
àn fù xuě jī

(bird species of China) Himalayan snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis)

雪岳山
xuě yuè shān

Seoraksan, mountain near Sokcho, South Korea

雪佛龙公司
xuě fó lóng gōng sī

Chevron Corporation