xiàn = xi + an4
graupel / snow pellet / soft hail
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How to pronounce 霰

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= xi initial

Xi is for Xi Shi (西施), one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ an4 final

In the anthill’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 6 months ago

霰 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= yu + Ø3
rain / CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]
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= yu + Ø4
(literary) to rain / (of rain, snow etc) to fall / to precipitate / to wet
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sàn = s + an4
variant of 散[san4]
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sǎn = s + an3
scattered / loose / to come loose / to fall apart / leisurely / powdered medicine
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sàn = s + an4
to scatter / to break up (a meeting etc) / to disperse / to disseminate / to dispel / (coll.) to sack
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Characters with 霰 as component

霰 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 霰

shrapnel shell / shrapnel / also pr. [liu2 san3 dan4]

Sentences with 霰

霰 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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xiàn

graupel / snow pellet / soft hail

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