雪 xuě
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 雨 — rain
- Made of
- 雨 rain 彐 snout
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
雪山
xuěshān
snow-covered mountain
Characters in this word
山 shān
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 山 — mountain, hill, peak
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 远处的雪山在夕阳下泛着金光，仿佛守护着整片高原。 Yuǎnchù de xuěshān zài xīyáng xià fànzhe jīnguāng, fǎngfú shǒuhù zhe zhěng piàn gāoyuán. The distant snow-covered mountain glowed golden in the sunset, as if guarding the entire plateau.
- 这座雪山终年不化，山下是绿色的草原。 Zhè zuò xuěshān zhōngnián bù huà, shānxià shì lǜsè de cǎoyuán. The snow on this snow-covered mountain never melts all year round; below it lies a green meadow.
- 他们花了整整一个月才登上那座雪山。 Tāmen huāle zhěngzhěng yīge yuè cái dēngshàng nà zuò xuěshān. It took them a whole month to finally climb that snow-covered mountain.
Related words
- 下雪 xiàxuě to snow
- 雪 xuě snow
- 冰雪 bīngxuě ice and snow
- 滑雪 huáxuě to ski
- 冰天雪地 bīngtiānxuědì a world of ice and snow; freezing conditions
- 瑞雪 ruìxuě timely auspicious snow
- 雪上加霜 xuěshàngjiāshuāng to make matters worse; to add frost to snow
- 山 shān mountain, hill
- 爬山 páshān to climb mountains; to hike
- 登山 dēngshān to climb a mountain
- 山区 shānqū mountain area
- 人山人海 rénshānrénhǎi a sea of people