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)
simp. #(降雪)

Pronunciation


Verb

降⫽雪 (verb-object) (intransitive)

  1. to snow

Synonyms

Derived terms

Noun

降雪

  1. snowfall (amount of snow that falls on one occasion)

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 6
せつ
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 降雪 (kæwngH sjwet, literally descending snow).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーせつ [kòósétsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ːse̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

(こう)(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

(こう)(せつ)する (kōsetsu suru) かうせつ (kausetu)?suru (stem (こう)(せつ) (kōsetsu shi), past (こう)(せつ)した (kōsetsu shita))

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

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

降雪 (gangseol) (hangeul 강설)

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