Character

雪

xuě HSK 5

雪 xuě HSK 5

1. snow (white crystalline precipitation, typically hexagonal, formed when water vapor freezes below 0°C)
2. snow-white; having the color and luster of snow
3. a surname
4. to wipe away (shame, hatred, or injustice)

Words using 雪 as xuě (6)

1 雪糕 xuě gāo — ice cream bar HSK 5
- 雪 snow; refers to the frozen, icy nature of the dessert
- 糕 cake; refers to it being a sweet confection or food product
Example

夏天我最喜欢吃雪糕。

xià tiān wǒ zuì xǐ huan chī xuě gāo

In summer, I like eating ice cream bars the most.
2 滑雪 huá xuě — to ski HSK 6
- 滑 to slide, to glide
- 雪 snow
Example

我喜欢在冬天滑雪。

wǒ xǐ huan zài dōng tiān huá xuě

I like to ski in winter.
3 冰天雪地 bīng tiān xuě dì — a world of ice and snow HSK 7
- 冰 ice (covering everything above)
- 天 sky/heaven (the expanse above)
- 雪 snow (covering everything below)
- 地 earth/ground (the surface below)
Example

冬天的东北，冰天雪地，非常寒冷。

dōng tiān de dōng běi bīng tiān xuě dì fēi cháng hán lěng

In winter, Northeast China is a world of ice and snow, extremely cold.
4 瑞雪 ruì xuě — auspicious snow HSK 7
- 瑞 auspicious, propitious
- 雪 snow
Example

今年的瑞雪来得正是时候。

jīn nián de ruì xuě lái de zhèng shì shí hou

This year's auspicious snow came at just the right time.
5 雪上加霜 xuě shàng jiā shuāng — to add insult to injury HSK 7
- 雪 snow (representing the initial misfortune)
- 上 on top (indicating position)
- 加 add (the action of adding more trouble)
- 霜 frost (representing additional hardship)
Example

他生病了，雪上加霜的是还丢了工作。

tā shēng bìng le xuě shàng jiā shuāng de shì hái diū le gōng zuò

He got sick, and to add insult to injury, he also lost his job.