风雪 (fēng xuě) — wind and snow; snowstorm | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

wind and snowsnowstorm

Measure word · 阵

Examples

风雪，。
Wài miàn fēng xuě hěn dà, wǒ men bié chū mén le.
It's very windy and snowy outside; let's not go out.
风雪。
Zhè chǎng fēng xuě chí xù le zhěng zhěng sān tiān.
This snowstorm lasted a full three days.
风雪。
Tā men zài fēng xuě zhōng jiān nán dì qián jìn.
They advanced with difficulty through the wind and snow.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

风 means wind and 雪 means snow, so the word names stormy wind and snow.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

雨雨yǔrain

Sound part声符shēngfú

彗

彗huì雪xuě

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

雪 pairs 雨, showing rain, with 彗, giving the sound.

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