降雪

Chinese

		to drop; to fall; to come down to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender	snow
trad. (降雪)		降	雪
simp. #(降雪)		降	雪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàngxuě

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong³ syut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàngxuě
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàngsyuě
    • Wade–Giles: chiang⁴-hsüeh³
    • Yale: jyàng-sywě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianqsheue
    • Palladius: цзянсюэ (czjansjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong³ syut³
    • Yale: gong syut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong³ syt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong³ xud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³³ syːt̚³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 降雪

1. snowfall, snow

Verb

降雪

1. to snow

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 下雪 (“to snow”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		雨雪, 雪
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		下雪, 降雪
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	下雪
	Taiwan	下雪
	Ulanhot	下雪
	Tongliao	下雪
	Chifeng	下雪
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	下雪
	Harbin	下雪
	Shenyang	下雪
	Singapore	下雪
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	下雪
	Tangshan	下雪, 落雪
	Cangzhou	下雪
	Xianxian (Xiaoying)	下雪
	Shijiazhuang	下雪
	Jinan	下雪, 落雪
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	下雪
	Qingdao	下雪
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	下雪, 落雪
	Wanrong	下雪
	Zhengzhou	下雪
	Xi'an	下雪
	Xining	下雪
	Xuzhou	下雪
	Qimen (Anling Junhua)	落雪, 下雪
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	下雪
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	下雪
	Bayanhot	下雪, 飄雪
	Lanzhou	下雪
	Ürümqi	下雪
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	下雪, 落雪
	Chongqing	落雪
	Wuhan	下雪, 落雪
	Guiyang	下雪
	Kunming	下雪
	Guilin	下雪
	Guilin (Lingui)	下雪
	Liuzhou	下雪
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	下雪
	Dagudi (Maliba)	下雪
	Reshuitang (Longling)	下雪
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	下雪
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	下雪
	Oudomxay	下雪
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	下雪
	Yangzhou	下雪
	Nantong	落雪
	Hefei	下雪
	Huanggang	落雪
Cantonese	Guangzhou	落雪
	Hong Kong	落雪
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	降雪
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	落雪
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	落雪
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	落雪
	Macau	落雪
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	落雪
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	落雪
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	落雪
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	落雪
	Foshan	落雪
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	落雪
	Foshan (Shunde)	落雪
	Foshan (Sanshui)	落雪
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	落雪
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	落雪
	Zhongshan (Chongkoumen, Nanlang; Tanka)	落雪
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	落雪
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	落雪
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	落雪
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	落雪
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	落雪
	Taishan	落雪
	Taishan (Guanghai)	下雪, 落雪
	Kaiping (Chikan)	落雪
	Enping (Niujiang)	落雪
	Heshan (Yayao)	落雪
	Dongguan	落雪
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	落雪
	Shaoguan	落雪
	Yunfu	落雪
	Yangjiang	落雪
	Xinyi	落雪
	Lianjiang	落雪
	Nanning	落雪
	Guiping	落雪
	Mengshan (Xihe)	落雪
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	落雪
	Beiliu	落雪
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	落雪
	Baise	落雪
	Bobai	落雪
	Lingshan	落雪
	Pubei	落雪
	Qinzhou	落雪
	Beihai	落雪
	Ningming	落雪
	Hengzhou	落雪
	Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	落雪
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	落雪
	Sarikei (Xinhui)	落雪
	Singapore (Guangfu)	落雪
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	落雪
	Mandalay (Taishan)	下雪
Gan	Nanchang	落雪
	Poyang	落雪
	Yugan	落雪
	Wannian	落雪
	Yiyang, Jiangxi	落雪
	Hengfeng	落雪
	Yanshan	落雪
	Lichuan	落雪
	Pingxiang	落雪
Hakka	Meixian	落雪
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	落雪
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	落雪
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	落雪
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	落雪
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	落雪
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	落雪
	Wuhua (Changbu)	落雪
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	落雪
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	落雪
	Jiexi	落雪
	Luhe	落雪
	Liancheng (Peitian)	落雪
	Yudu	落雪
	Shicheng	落雪
	Shangyou (Shexi)	落雪
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	落雪
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	落雪
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	落雪
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	落雪
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	落雪
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	落雪
	Hong Kong	落雪
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	落雪
	Xingye (Gaofeng)	落雪
	Mashan (Pianlian)	落雪
	Sabah (Longchuan)	落雪
	Senai (Huiyang)	落雪
	Singkawang	落雪
	Bangkok (Meixian)	落雪
Huizhou	Jixi	落雪
	Shexian	落雪
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	落雪
	Xiuning	落雪
	Yixian	落雪
	Qimen	落雪
	Qimen (Anling Minhua)	落雪
	Wuyuan	落雪
	Dexing	落雪
Jin	Taiyuan	下雪
	Pingyao	下雪
	Datong	下雪
	Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou)	下雪
	Xinzhou	下雪
	Changzhi	下雪
	Taibus (Baochang)	下雪
	Linhe	下雪
	Jining	下雪
	Hohhot	下雪
	Baotou	下雪
	Dongsheng	下雪
	Haibowan	下雪
	Zhangjiakou	下雪
	Handan	下雪
Northern Min	Jian'ou	落雪
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	落雪
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	落雪
	Pucheng (Shibei)	落雪
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	盪雪, 落雪
	Fuqing	落雪
	Matsu	落雪
Southern Min	Xiamen	落雪
	Quanzhou	落雪
	Zhangzhou	落雪
	Taipei	落雪 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	落霜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	落雪
	Manila (Hokkien)	落雪
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	落雪
	Guilin (Biyange)	落雪
	Chaozhou	落雪
	Shantou	落雪
	Shantou (Chenghai)	落雪
	Jieyang	落雪
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	落雪
	Singapore (Teochew)	落雪
	Pontianak (Teochew)	落雪
	Leizhou	落雪
	Haikou	落雪
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	落雪
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	落雪
	Nanning (Shajing)	落雪
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	落雪
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Chaoyang)	落雪
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	下雪
	Guilin (Wutong, Lingui)	下雪, 落雪
	Lingchuan (Tanxia)	下雪
	Yangshuo (Jima)	下雪
Wu	Shanghai	落雪
	Shanghai (Chongming)	落雪
	Suzhou	落雪
	Danyang	落雪
	Hangzhou	落雪
	Ningbo	落雪
	Wenzhou	落雪
	Jinhua	落雪
	Shangrao	落雪
	Shangrao (Guangfeng)	落雪
	Yushan	落雪
Xiang	Changsha	落雪
	Xiangtan	落雪
	Loudi	落雪
	Shuangfeng	落雪
	Quanzhou	落雪
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	落雪
	Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao)	落雪
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
降	雪
こう Grade: 6	せつ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese compound 降雪 (kæwng^H sjwet, literally “descending snow”).

Noun

降(こう)雪(せつ) • (kōsetsu) ^{←かうせつ (kausetu)?}

1. falling snow
2. snowfall, either as an instance of falling of snow, or as the accumulated snow itself

Verb

降(こう)雪(せつ)する • (kōsetsu suru) ^{←かうせつ (kausetu)?}suru (stem 降(こう)雪(せつ)し (kōsetsu shi), past 降(こう)雪(せつ)した (kōsetsu shita))

1. to fall (said of snow), to have a snowfall

Conjugation

Conjugation of "降雪する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	降雪し	こうせつし	kōsetsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	降雪し	こうせつし	kōsetsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	降雪する	こうせつする	kōsetsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	降雪する	こうせつする	kōsetsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	降雪すれ	こうせつすれ	kōsetsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	降雪せよ¹ 降雪しろ²	こうせつせよ¹ こうせつしろ²	kōsetsu seyo¹ kōsetsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	降雪される	こうせつされる	kōsetsu sareru
Causative	降雪させる 降雪さす	こうせつさせる こうせつさす	kōsetsu saseru kōsetsu sasu
Potential	降雪できる	こうせつできる	kōsetsu dekiru
Volitional	降雪しよう	こうせつしよう	kōsetsu shiyō
Negative	降雪しない	こうせつしない	kōsetsu shinai
Negative continuative	降雪せず	こうせつせず	kōsetsu sezu
Formal	降雪します	こうせつします	kōsetsu shimasu
Perfective	降雪した	こうせつした	kōsetsu shita
Conjunctive	降雪して	こうせつして	kōsetsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	降雪すれば	こうせつすれば	kōsetsu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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Korean

Hanja in this term
降	雪

Noun

降雪 • (gangseol) (hangeul 강설)

1. Hanja form^? of 강설 (“falling snow; snowfall”).