霰

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霰

  • xiàn (xian⁴) Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄒㄧㄢˋ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • sin³ Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
  • lhen¹ Cantonese, Taishanese, Wiktionary specific
  • sien Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • xiên⁴ Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
  • tǐng Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
  • siéng Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • sòaⁿ Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • siàn Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • suan³ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • sang³ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • ⁵shi Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
  • xiàn Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄒㄧㄢˋ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • siàn Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • hsien⁴ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • syàn Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • shiann Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • сянь Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • sin³ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • sin Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • xin³ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /siːn³³/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • lhen¹ Cantonese, Taishanese, Taicheng
  • /ɬen³³/ Cantonese, Taishanese, Taicheng
  • sien Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
  • xien Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli

Where it comes from

繼承自原始漢藏語 *sjar (“雹;霰”);對照藏語 སེར་བ (ser ba,“雹”)和西達芒語 सेर (“雹”) (STEDT)。

釋義

  1. 雨點遇冷空氣凝成的雪珠,降落時呈白色不透明的小冰粒,常呈球形或圓錐形,多降於下雪前。

    Similar: 米雪

In English

  • sleet ice pellets
  • graupel precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowfl

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"霰." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E9%9C%B0. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

霰. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E9%9C%B0

Chicago

"霰." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E9%9C%B0.

BibTeX
@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {霰},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E9%9C%B0},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}