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雪

Mandarin · pinyin xuě#

snow
Classifier: 場 cháng
(literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)

Mandarin · pinyin Xuě#

surname Xue

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雪: xuě · snow; wipe away shame, avenge

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3 · xue3

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syut3

Cantonese word readings for 雪. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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snow
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to snow
to wipe away; to clean
(dialectal) ice; product containing ice
(Cantonese) to refrigerate; to store in the refrigerator
(Cantonese, figuratively) to set aside; to shelve
(Malaysia, Singapore) short for 雪蘭莪／雪兰莪 (Xuělán'é, “Selangor”)
a surname, Xue

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