雪 (xuě): snow

Meanings

Contains 雨 (rain) at top — frozen precipitation.

Wàimiàn xià xuě le!

It's snowing outside!

Běijīng dōngtiān chángcháng xià xuě.

It often snows in Beijing in winter.

Háizimen xǐhuān zài xuě lǐ wán.

Children like to play in the snow.

grammar

To say 'it snows,' use 下雪 (xià xuě) — literally 'fall snow.'

culture

The idiom 雪中送炭 (xuě zhōng sòng tàn) means 'sending charcoal in the snow' — helping someone in their time of need.

雪 xuě