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) 降 雪
simp. #(降雪) 降 雪

Pronunciation

Verb

降⫽雪 (verb-object) (intransitive)

  1. to snow

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 下雪 (“to snow”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 雨雪, 雪
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 下雪, 降雪
Mandarin Beijing 下雪
Taiwan 下雪
Tianjin 下雪
Tangshan 下雪, 落雪
Cangzhou 下雪
Xianxian (Xiaoying) 下雪
Shijiazhuang 下雪
Ulanhot 下雪
Tongliao 下雪
Chifeng 下雪
Bayanhot 下雪, 飄雪
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 下雪
Harbin 下雪
Shenyang 下雪
Yantai (Muping) 下雪
Qingdao 下雪
Jinan 下雪, 落雪
Luoyang 下雪, 落雪
Wanrong 下雪
Zhengzhou 下雪
Xi'an 下雪
Yinchuan 下雪
Lanzhou 下雪
Xining 下雪
Ürümqi 下雪
Wuhan 下雪, 落雪
Huanggang 落雪
Chengdu 下雪, 落雪
Chongqing 落雪
Guiyang 下雪
Kunming 下雪
Guilin 下雪
Guilin (Lingui) 下雪
Liuzhou 下雪
Liuzhou (Luorong) 下雪
Xuzhou 下雪
Yangzhou 下雪
Nanjing 下雪
Hefei 下雪
Nantong 落雪
Qimen (Anling Junhua) 落雪, 下雪
Singapore 下雪
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 下雪
Dagudi (Maliba) 下雪
Reshuitang (Longling) 下雪
Mae Salong (Lancang) 下雪
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 下雪
Oudomxay 下雪
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 Tanka) 落雪
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 落雪
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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) 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
Conghua (Lütian) 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
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
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 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)

Derived terms

Noun

降雪

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

Synonyms

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

Etymology

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

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

Noun

降(こう)雪(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

降(こう)雪(せつ)する • (kōsetsu suru) ←かうせつ (kausetu)?suru (stem 降(こう)雪(せつ)し (kōsetsu shi), past 降(こう)雪(せつ)した (kōsetsu shita))

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

Conjugation
Conjugation of "降雪する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 降雪し こうせつし kōsetsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 降雪し こうせつし kōsetsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 降雪する こうせつする kōsetsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 降雪する こうせつする kōsetsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 降雪すれ こうせつすれ kōsetsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 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. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
降雪

Noun

降雪 • (gangseol) (hangeul 강설)

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