雪 xuě▶ nieve, nevar

Stroke order

雪 is written in 11 strokes.

• 雪

Senses

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

Example sentences

• 昨天这里下雪。Zuótiān zhèlǐ xià xuě.It snowed here yesterday.
• 我喜欢看雪。Wǒ xǐhuān kàn xuě.I like watching the snow.
• 今天下雪吗？Jīntiān xià xuě ma?Is it snowing today?

Related words

• 雪上加霜Una calamidad tras otra

雪 is pronounced xuě and means “nieve, nevar”. HSK 2 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 雪 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.