降雪 (jiàng) — to snow (formal/书面); snowfall, amount of snow

Definition

降雪 is the formal/written 'to snow' or 'snowfall' — used in weather reports and news, not in everyday speech, where you'd just say 下雪.

to snow (formal/书面)snowfallamount of snow

Examples

  • 降雪
    Jīn wǎn jiāng yǒu dà miàn jī jiàng.
    There will be widespread snowfall tonight.
  • 降雪10
    Yù jì jiàng liàng huì dá dào 10 lí mǐ.
    The snowfall is expected to reach 10 centimeters.
  • 降雪
    Zhè chǎng jiàng chí xù le zhěng zhěng liǎng tiān.
    This snowfall lasted a full two days.

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