| 雪 | 511C45 31D.30-5 | 部居  | 畫數 11 | ㄒㄩㄝˇ [xUe3] (*ㄒㄩㄝˋ [xUe4] as an exception; cf. 血 ㄒㄩㄝˋ [xUe4] or ㄒㄧㄝˇ [xie3] ). | ||
| N. | (1) Snow: 下雪了 it snows; 大雪 heavy snow; 大風雪 snow blizzard; 冰天雪地 snow and icebound, all covered in ice and snow; 冰雪聰明 extreme crystal-like intelligence; 雪中送炭 phr., real friend in need--“send coal during snow”; 雪泥鴻爪 (fig.) human life likened to the life of birds of passage, uncertain or passing travels; 雪兆豐年 snow as an omen of a bumper harvest; 雪上加霜 disasters pile up on one another; 雪肌，雪膚 white smooth skin like snow; 雪白 [xUe3bai2]↓. (2) A surname. | |||||
| V.i. | To wipe away shame, restitute a wrong, rehabilitate a good name: see 雪冤，雪仇，雪恥 [xUe3yUan1], [xUe3chou2], [xUe2chi3]↓; 雪涕，雪淚 wipe away a tear; 雪污 cleanse stains on good name. | |||||
| Words | 1. 雪白 *[xUe4bai2], adj., snow-white. 2. 雪車 [xUe3che1], n., sledge, toboggan. 3. 雪青 [xUe3qing1], adj., pale mauve color. 4. 雪蛆 [xUe3qU1], n., an edible insect found in 峨嵋 Omei mountains in Szechuan. 5. 雪恥 [xUe2chi3], v.i., to wipe out shame, avenge a former insult or humiliation. 6. 雪膚 [xUe3fu1], n., a lady's snow-white skin. 7. 雪恨 [xUe3hen4], v.i., to get even with hated enemy. 8. 雪花（兒） [xUe3hua1] ([er0]), n., snowflakes; n.,雪花膏 cold cream, face cream; 9. 雪肌 [xUe3ji1], n. see [xUe3fu1]↑. 10. 雪茄 [xUe3jia1], n., (translit.) cigar. 11. 雪景 [xUe2jing3] ([shui4jing3]), n., snow landscape. 12. 雪裡蕻 [xUe2li3hong4], n. a kind of leaf mustard, Brassica cernua). 13. 雪柳 [xUe2liu3], n., a wand or staff, wrapped with white paper, held by employed people preceding a funeral procession. 14. 雪梨 [xUe3li2], n., (1) a kind of pear; (2) a place name, Sydney, Australia. 15. 雪片 [xUe3pian4], n., snowflakes: 函電雪片而來 mail and telegrams pour in like snowflakes. 16. 雪人 [xUe3ren2], n., a snow man. 17. 雪線 [xUe3xian4], n., (geog.) the snow line. 18. 雪鞋 [xUe3xie2], n., snowshoes. 19. 雪橇 [xUe3cui4], n., a sledge. 20. 雪刺 [xUe3ci4], phr., (LL) white, stubby hair (of old man). 21. 雪衣娘 [xUe3yi1niang2], n., poetic name for a white parrot or cockatoo. 22. 雪冤 [xUe3yUan1], v.i., to avenge a wrong. | |||||