雨雪

Chinese

Etymology 1

		rain	snow
trad. (雨雪)		雨	雪
simp. #(雨雪)		雨	雪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǔxuě

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˇ ㄒㄩㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ syut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǔxuě [Phonetic: yúxuě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǔsyuě
    • Wade–Giles: yü³-hsüeh³
    • Yale: yǔ-sywě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeusheue
    • Palladius: юйсюэ (jujsjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁵ syut³
    • Yale: yúh syut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ syt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ xud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ syːt̚³/

Noun

雨雪

1. rain and snow

   注意雨雪天氣。／注意雨雪天气。  ―  Zhùyì yǔxuě tiānqì.  ―  Drive carefully in rain or snow.

2. sleet (mixture of rain and snow)

Synonyms

• (sleet): 雨夾雪／雨夹雪 (yǔjiāxuě)

Etymology 2

		to rain; to fall	snow
trad. (雨雪)		雨	雪
simp. #(雨雪)		雨	雪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùxuě

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁶ syut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùxuě
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùsyuě
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-hsüeh³
    • Yale: yù-sywě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhsheue
    • Palladius: юйсюэ (jujsjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁶ syut³
    • Yale: yuh syut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁶ syt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁶ xud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²² syːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: hjuH sjwet

Rime
Character	雨	雪
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	薛 (82)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	王遇切	相絕切
Baxter	hjuH	sjwet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨoH/	/siuᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦioH/	/sʷiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣioH/	/sjuæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuə̆H/	/swiat̚/
Li Rong	/ɣioH/	/siuɛt̚/
Wang Li	/ɣĭuH/	/sĭuɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯uH/	/si̯wɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù	xue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu6	syut3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷ(r)aʔ-s  [s]ot/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷas  sqʰʷed/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	雨	雪
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù	xuě
Middle Chinese	‹ hjuH ›	‹ sjwet ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷ(r)aʔ-s/	/*[s]ot/
English	rain (v.t.)	snow
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	雨	雪
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	15953	5477
Phonetic component	雨	彗
Rime group	魚	月
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	芋	雪
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷas/	/*sqʰʷed/

Verb

雨雪

1. (literary) to snow

   • 上天同雲，雨雪雰雰。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     上天同云，雨雪氛氛。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Shàngtiān tóng yún, yùxuě fēnfēn. [Pinyin]

     The heavens over head are one arch of clouds,
     Snowing in multitudinous flakes.

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
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	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)

Korean

Hanja in this term
雨	雪

Noun

雨雪 • (useol) (hangeul 우설)

1. hanja form^? of 우설 (“rain and snow”)