雪城

Xuěchéng
popculture #82,015

Meanings

  1. 1 Syracuse, New York (USA)

Examples

Xuěchéng Dàxué shì Měiguó yì suǒ zhùmíng de sīlì dàxué.
Syracuse University is a well-known private university in the United States.
Xuěchéng dōngtiān jīngcháng xià dàxuě.
Syracuse gets heavy snow in winter.

Tips

memory
Literally 'Snow City' ( = snow, = city). Probably a calque-style coinage rather than a phonetic match — Syracuse averages over 3 meters of snowfall a year, one of the snowiest cities in the US.

Stroke Order

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chéng