xuě = xu + e3
surname Xue
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xuě = xu + e3
snow / CL:場|场[chang2] / (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)
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How to pronounce 雪

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.

= xu initial

Xu is for Xu Xian.

By Matthias • updated 4 months ago
+ e3 final

In the elevator’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 2 months ago

雪 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
= ji + Ø4
pig snout (Kangxi radical 58)
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= 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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Characters with 雪 as component

xuě = xu + e3
codfish / Gadus macrocephalus
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Words with 雪

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cigar (loanword)
to ski / skiing
sled / sledge / sleigh / bobsled

Sentences with 雪

雪 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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