雪崩

雪崩

Chinese

		snow	collapse; fall into ruins
simp. and trad. (雪崩)		雪	崩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuěbēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄅㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ bang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xuěbēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄅㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuebeng
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³ bang¹
    • Yale: syut bāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ bang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xud³ beng¹
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕyːt̚³ pɐŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

雪崩

1. avalanche

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
雪	崩
Grade: 2	Grade: S
Irregular

Alternative forms

• 傾れ, 頽れ

Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the classical verb 傾る (nadaru),[1] modern 雪崩れる, 傾れる (nadareru, “to slope, descend; of snow, to slide”).

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 雪崩.

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) なだれ [nàdáré] (Heiban – [0])[2][3][4]
  • IPA^(key): [na̠da̠ɾe̞]

Noun

雪崩 (hiragana なだれ, rōmaji nadare)

1. an avalanche (large sliding mass of snow and ice), snowslide
2. an inclination

   Synonym: 傾斜 (keisha)

3. a collapse, crumbling
4. a rundown of glaze on a piece of pottery, usually a 茶入れ (chaire, “tea container”)

   usually spelled as 頽れ

5. name of a 下座音楽 (geza ongaku)

   Synonym: 雪下ろし (yuki-oroshi)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 雪 (な)崩 (だ)れ込 (こ)む (nadare komu, “to rush into, surge into”)
• 雪崩 (なだれ)現 (げん)象 (しょう) (nadare genshō)
• 雪崩 (なだれ)道 (みち) (nadaremichi)
• 岩屑 (がんせつ)雪崩 (なだれ) (gansetsu nadare)
• 電 (でん)子 (し)雪崩 (なだれ) (denshi nadare)
• 人 (ひと)雪崩 (なだれ) (hito-nadare, “surging crowd”)
• 表 (ひょう)層 (そう)雪崩 (なだれ) (hyōsō nadare, “surface avalanche”)
• 泡 (ほう)雪崩 (なだれ) (hō-nadare)
• 雪 (ゆき)雪崩 (なだれ) (yuki-nadare)

Idioms

• 雪崩 (なだれ)を打 (う)つ (nadare o utsu, “to flood, swarm”, literally "strike an avalanche")

References

1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN