# 降雪
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiàngxuě
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gong$^3$ syut$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiàngxuě
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiàngsyuě
*** Wade–Giles: chiang$^4$-hsüeh$^3$
*** Yale: jyàng-sywě
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianqsheue
*** Palladius: цзянсюэ (czjansjue)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gong$^3$ syut$^3$
*** Yale: gong syut
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gong$^3$ syt$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gong$^3$ xud$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɔːŋ³³ syːt̚³/

### Verb

降⫽雪 (verb-object) (intransitive)
* to snow

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 雨雪, 雪 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 下雪, 降雪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 下雪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 下雪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 下雪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 下雪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 下雪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 下雪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 下雪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 下雪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 下雪 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 下雪 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 下雪, 落雪 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 下雪 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Xianxian (Xiaoying) | 下雪 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 下雪 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 下雪, 落雪 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 下雪 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 下雪 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 下雪, 落雪 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 下雪 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 下雪 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 下雪 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 下雪 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 下雪 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Qimen (Anling Junhua) | 落雪, 下雪 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 下雪 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 下雪 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 下雪, 飄雪 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 下雪 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 下雪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 下雪, 落雪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 落雪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 下雪, 落雪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 下雪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 下雪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 下雪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin (Lingui) | 下雪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 下雪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou (Luorong) | 下雪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 下雪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 下雪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 下雪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 下雪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Oudomxay | 下雪 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 下雪 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 下雪 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 落雪 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 下雪 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 降雪 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Chongkoumen, Nanlang; Tanka) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 下雪, 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Sarikei (Xinhui) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 落雪 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 下雪 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 落雪 |
| Gan | Poyang | 落雪 |
| Gan | Yugan | 落雪 |
| Gan | Wannian | 落雪 |
| Gan | Yiyang, Jiangxi | 落雪 |
| Gan | Hengfeng | 落雪 |
| Gan | Yanshan | 落雪 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 落雪 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Xingye (Gaofeng) | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 落雪 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 落雪 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 落雪 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 落雪 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 落雪 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 落雪 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 落雪 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 落雪 |
| Huizhou | Qimen (Anling Minhua) | 落雪 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 落雪 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 落雪 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 下雪 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 下雪 |
| Jin | Datong | 下雪 |
| Jin | Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou) | 下雪 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 下雪 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 下雪 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 下雪 |
| Jin | Linhe | 下雪 |
| Jin | Jining | 下雪 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 下雪 |
| Jin | Baotou | 下雪 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 下雪 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 下雪 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 下雪 |
| Jin | Handan | 下雪 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 落雪 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 落雪 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 落雪 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 落雪 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 盪雪, 落雪 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 落雪 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 落雪 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 落雪 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 落雪 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 落雪 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 落雪 GT |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 落霜 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 落雪 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 落雪 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 落雪 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 落雪 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 落雪 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 落雪 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 落雪 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 落雪 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 落雪 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 落雪 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 落雪 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 落雪 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 落雪 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 落雪 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 落雪 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Shajing) | 落雪 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang (Xinqiao) | 落雪 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Chaoyang) | 落雪 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Zhuyuan) | 下雪 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Wutong, Lingui) | 下雪, 落雪 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Tanxia) | 下雪 |
| Northern Pinghua | Yangshuo (Jima) | 下雪 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 落雪 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 落雪 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 落雪 |
| Wu | Danyang | 落雪 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 落雪 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 落雪 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 落雪 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 落雪 |
| Wu | Shangrao | 落雪 |
| Wu | Shangrao (Guangfeng) | 落雪 |
| Wu | Yushan | 落雪 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 落雪 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 落雪 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 落雪 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 落雪 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 落雪 |
| Xiang | Guanyang (Wenshi) | 落雪 |
| Xiang | Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao) | 落雪 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

#### Derived terms

* 降雪量 (jiàngxuěliàng)

### Noun

降雪
* snowfall (amount of snow that falls on one occasion)

#### Synonyms

* 降雪量 (jiàngxuěliàng)

## 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

* (Tokyo) こーせつ [kòósétsú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ko̞ːse̞t͡sɨ]

### Noun

降(こう)雪(せつ) • (kōsetsu)
* falling snow
* 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) suru (stem 降(こう)雪(せつ)し (kōsetsu shi), past 降(こう)雪(せつ)した (kōsetsu shita))
* to fall (said of snow), to have a snowfall

#### Conjugation

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

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 降 | 雪 |

### Noun

降雪 • (gangseol) (hangeul 강설)
* hanja form of 강설 (“falling snow; snowfall”)