降雪

降雪

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàngxuě

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong³ syut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiàngxuě
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianqsheue
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàngsyuě
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɑŋ⁵¹ ɕɥɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong³ syut³
    • Yale: gong syut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong³ syt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong³ xud³
    • IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³³ ʃyːt̚³/

Noun

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, 落雪
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		下雪, 降雪
Mandarin	Beijing	下雪
	Taiwan	下雪
	Harbin	下雪
	Hailar	下雪
	Ulanhot	下雪
	Tongliao	下雪
	Chifeng	下雪
	Bayanhot	下雪, 飄雪
	Jinan	下雪, 落雪
	Muping	下雪
	Luoyang	下雪, 落雪
	Wanrong	下雪
	Xi'an	下雪
	Zhengzhou	下雪
	Xining	下雪
	Xuzhou	下雪
	Yinchuan	下雪
	Lanzhou	下雪
	Ürümqi	下雪
	Wuhan	下雪, 落雪
	Huanggang	落雪
	Chengdu	下雪, 落雪
	Guiyang	下雪
	Liuzhou	下雪
	Yangzhou	下雪
	Nanjing	下雪
	Hefei	下雪
	Nantong	落雪
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	下雪
Cantonese	Guangzhou	落雪
	Hong Kong	落雪
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	降雪
	Foshan	落雪
	Shunde	落雪
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	落雪
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	落雪
	Doumen	落雪
	Taishan	落雪
	Kaiping (Chikan)	落雪
	Dongguan	落雪
	Shaoguan	落雪
	Yunfu	落雪
	Yangjiang	落雪
	Xinyi	落雪
	Lianjiang	落雪
	Kuala Lumpur	落雪
	Ho Chi Minh City	落雪
Gan	Nanchang	落雪
	Lichuan	落雪
	Pingxiang	落雪
Hakka	Meixian	落雪
	Yudu	落雪
	Shicheng	落雪
	Shangyou	落雪
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	落雪
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	落雪
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	落雪
	Dongshi (Dabu)	落雪
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	落雪
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	落雪
	Hong Kong	落雪
	Sabah (Longchuan)	落雪
	Senai	落雪
	Singkawang	落雪
Huizhou	Jixi	落雪
	Shexian	落雪
	Tunxi	落雪
	Xiuning	落雪
	Yixian	落雪
	Qimen	落雪
	Wuyuan	落雪
Jin	Taiyuan	下雪
	Pingyao	下雪
	Xinzhou	下雪
	Baochang	下雪
	Jining	下雪
	Hohhot	下雪
	Baotou	下雪
	Dongsheng	下雪
	Linhe	下雪
	Haibowan	下雪
Min Bei	Jian'ou	落雪
	Dikou	落雪
	Zhenqian	落雪
	Shibei	落雪
Min Dong	Fuzhou	盪雪, 落雪
	Fuqing	落雪
	Matsu	落雪
Min Nan	Xiamen	落雪
	Quanzhou	落雪
	Zhangzhou	落雪
	Taipei	落雪
	Kaohsiung	落雪
	Penang	落霜
	Chaozhou	落雪
	Johor Bahru	落雪
	Haikou	落雪
Pinghua	Nanning	落雪
Wu	Shanghai	落雪
	Suzhou	落雪
	Hangzhou	落雪
	Wenzhou	落雪
	Chongming	落雪
	Danyang	落雪
	Jinhua	落雪
	Ningbo	落雪
Xiang	Changsha	落雪
	Shuangfeng	落雪
	Xiangtan	落雪
	Loudi	落雪

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Japanese

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

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 降雪 (kæwng^H sjwet, literally “descending snow”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) こーせつ [kòósétsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞ːse̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

降雪 (hiragana こうせつ, rōmaji kōsetsu, historical hiragana かうせつ)

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

Verb

降雪する (suru conjugation, hiragana こうせつする, rōmaji kōsetsu suru, historical hiragana かうせつする)

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

Conjugation

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

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	降雪し	こうせつし	kōsetsu shi
Continuative (連用形)	降雪し	こうせつし	kōsetsu shi
Terminal (終止形)	降雪する	こうせつする	kōsetsu suru
Attributive (連体形)	降雪する	こうせつする	kōsetsu suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	降雪すれ	こうせつすれ	kōsetsu sure
Imperative (命令形)	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

References

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

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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”).