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to drop; to fall; to come down to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender
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snow
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trad. (降雪)
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降
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雪
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simp. #(降雪)
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降
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雪
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Pronunciation
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降⫽雪 (verb-object) (intransitive)
- to snow
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of
下雪 (“to snow”)
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Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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雨雪, 雪
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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下雪, 降雪
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Mandarin
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Beijing
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下雪
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Taiwan
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下雪
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Tianjin
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下雪
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Tangshan
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下雪, 落雪
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Cangzhou
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下雪
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Xianxian (Xiaoying)
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下雪
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Shijiazhuang
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下雪
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Ulanhot
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下雪
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Tongliao
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下雪
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Chifeng
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下雪
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Bayanhot
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下雪, 飄雪
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Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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下雪
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Harbin
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下雪
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Shenyang
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下雪
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Yantai (Muping)
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下雪
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Qingdao
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下雪
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Jinan
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下雪, 落雪
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Luoyang
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下雪, 落雪
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Wanrong
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下雪
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Zhengzhou
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下雪
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Xi'an
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下雪
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Yinchuan
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下雪
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Lanzhou
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下雪
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Xining
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下雪
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Ürümqi
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下雪
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Wuhan
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下雪, 落雪
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Huanggang
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落雪
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Chengdu
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下雪, 落雪
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Chongqing
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落雪
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Guiyang
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下雪
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Kunming
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下雪
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Guilin
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下雪
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Guilin (Lingui)
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下雪
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Liuzhou
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下雪
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Liuzhou (Luorong)
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下雪
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Xuzhou
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下雪
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Yangzhou
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下雪
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Nanjing
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下雪
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Hefei
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下雪
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Nantong
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落雪
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Qimen (Anling Junhua)
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落雪, 下雪
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Singapore
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下雪
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Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
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下雪
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Dagudi (Maliba)
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下雪
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Reshuitang (Longling)
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下雪
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Mae Salong (Lancang)
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下雪
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Mae Sai (Tengchong)
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下雪
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Oudomxay
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下雪
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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落雪
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Hong Kong
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落雪
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Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
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降雪
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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落雪
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Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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落雪
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Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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落雪
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Macau
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落雪
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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落雪
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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落雪
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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落雪
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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落雪
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Foshan
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落雪
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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落雪
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Foshan (Shunde)
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落雪
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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落雪
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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落雪
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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落雪
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Zhongshan (Chongkoumen Tanka)
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落雪
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Zhuhai (Qianshan)
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落雪
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Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
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落雪
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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落雪
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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落雪
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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落雪
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Taishan
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落雪
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Taishan (Guanghai)
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下雪, 落雪
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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落雪
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Enping (Niujiang)
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落雪
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Heshan (Yayao)
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落雪
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Dongguan
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落雪
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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落雪
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Shaoguan
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落雪
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Yunfu
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落雪
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Yangjiang
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落雪
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Xinyi
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落雪
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Lianjiang
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落雪
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Nanning
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落雪
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Guiping
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落雪
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Mengshan (Xihe)
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落雪
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Guigang (Nanjiang)
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落雪
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Beiliu
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落雪
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Beiliu (Tangliao)
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落雪
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Baise
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落雪
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Bobai
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落雪
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Lingshan
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落雪
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Pubei
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落雪
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Qinzhou
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落雪
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Beihai
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落雪
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Ningming
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落雪
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Hengzhou
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落雪
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Hezhou (Pumen)
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落雪
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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落雪
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Sarikei (Xinhui)
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落雪
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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落雪
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Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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落雪
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Mandalay (Taishan)
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下雪
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Gan
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Nanchang
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落雪
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Poyang
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落雪
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Yugan
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落雪
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Wannian
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落雪
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Yiyang, Jiangxi
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落雪
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Hengfeng
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落雪
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Yanshan
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落雪
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Lichuan
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落雪
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Pingxiang
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落雪
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Hakka
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Meixian
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落雪
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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落雪
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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落雪
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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落雪
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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落雪
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Wuhua (Shuizhai)
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落雪
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Wuhua (Huacheng)
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落雪
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Wuhua (Changbu)
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落雪
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Wuhua (Mianyang)
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落雪
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Conghua (Lütian)
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落雪
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Jiexi
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落雪
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Luhe
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落雪
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Liancheng (Peitian)
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落雪
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Yudu
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落雪
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Shicheng
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落雪
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Shangyou (Shexi)
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落雪
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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落雪
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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落雪
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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落雪
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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落雪
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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落雪
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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落雪
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Hong Kong
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落雪
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Beiliu (Tang'an)
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落雪
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Xingye (Gaofeng)
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落雪
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Mashan (Pianlian)
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落雪
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Sabah (Longchuan)
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落雪
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Senai (Huiyang)
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落雪
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Singkawang
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落雪
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Bangkok (Meixian)
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落雪
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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落雪
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Shexian
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落雪
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Tunxi
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落雪
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Xiuning
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落雪
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Yixian
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落雪
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Qimen
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落雪
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Qimen (Anling Minhua)
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落雪
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Wuyuan
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落雪
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Dexing
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落雪
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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下雪
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Pingyao
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下雪
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Datong
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下雪
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Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou)
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下雪
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Xinzhou
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下雪
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Changzhi
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下雪
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Taibus (Baochang)
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下雪
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Linhe
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下雪
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Jining
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下雪
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Hohhot
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下雪
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Baotou
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下雪
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Dongsheng
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下雪
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Haibowan
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下雪
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Zhangjiakou
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下雪
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Handan
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下雪
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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落雪
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Jian'ou (Dikou)
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落雪
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Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
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落雪
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Pucheng (Shibei)
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落雪
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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盪雪, 落雪
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Fuqing
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落雪
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Matsu
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落雪
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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落雪
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Quanzhou
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落雪
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Zhangzhou
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落雪
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Taipei
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落雪 GT
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Penang (Hokkien)
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落霜
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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落雪
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Manila (Hokkien)
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落雪
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Pingnan (Shangdu)
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落雪
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Guilin (Biyange)
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落雪
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Chaozhou
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落雪
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Shantou
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落雪
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Shantou (Chenghai)
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落雪
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Jieyang
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落雪
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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落雪
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Singapore (Teochew)
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落雪
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Pontianak (Teochew)
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落雪
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Leizhou
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落雪
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Haikou
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落雪
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Zhongshan Min
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Shaxi (Longdu)
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落雪
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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落雪
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Nanning (Shajing)
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落雪
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Binyang (Xinqiao)
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落雪
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Northern Pinghua
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Guilin (Chaoyang)
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落雪
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Guilin (Zhuyuan)
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下雪
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Guilin (Wutong, Lingui)
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下雪, 落雪
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Lingchuan (Tanxia)
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下雪
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Yangshuo (Jima)
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下雪
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Wu
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Shanghai
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落雪
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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落雪
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Suzhou
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落雪
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Danyang
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落雪
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Hangzhou
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落雪
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Ningbo
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落雪
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Wenzhou
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落雪
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Jinhua
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落雪
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Shangrao
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落雪
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Shangrao (Guangfeng)
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落雪
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Yushan
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落雪
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Xiang
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Changsha
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落雪
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Xiangtan
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落雪
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Loudi
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落雪
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Shuangfeng
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落雪
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Quanzhou
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落雪
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Guanyang (Wenshi)
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落雪
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Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao)
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落雪
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Note
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GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
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Derived terms
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降雪
- snowfall (amount of snow that falls on one occasion)
Synonyms
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Japanese
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Etymology
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From Middle Chinese compound 降雪 (kæwngH sjwet, literally “descending snow”).
Pronunciation
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降雪 • (kōsetsu) ←かうせつ (kausetu)?
- falling snow
- snowfall, either as an instance of falling of snow, or as the accumulated snow itself
降雪する • (kōsetsu suru) ←かうせつ (kausetu)?suru (stem 降雪し (kōsetsu shi), past 降雪した (kōsetsu shita))
- to fall (said of snow), to have a snowfall
Conjugation
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Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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降雪し
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こうせつし
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kōsetsu shi
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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降雪し
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こうせつし
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kōsetsu shi
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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降雪する
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こうせつする
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kōsetsu suru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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降雪する
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こうせつする
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kōsetsu suru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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降雪すれ
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こうせつすれ
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kōsetsu sure
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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降雪せよ¹ 降雪しろ²
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こうせつせよ¹ こうせつしろ²
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kōsetsu seyo¹ kōsetsu shiro²
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Key constructions
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Passive
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降雪される
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こうせつされる
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kōsetsu sareru
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Causative
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降雪させる 降雪さす
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こうせつさせる こうせつさす
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kōsetsu saseru kōsetsu sasu
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Potential
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降雪できる
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こうせつできる
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kōsetsu dekiru
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Volitional
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降雪しよう
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こうせつしよう
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kōsetsu shiyō
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Negative
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降雪しない
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こうせつしない
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kōsetsu shinai
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Negative continuative
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降雪せず
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こうせつせず
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kōsetsu sezu
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Formal
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降雪します
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こうせつします
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kōsetsu shimasu
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Perfective
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降雪した
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こうせつした
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kōsetsu shita
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Conjunctive
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降雪して
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こうせつして
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kōsetsu shite
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Hypothetical conditional
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降雪すれば
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こうせつすれば
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kōsetsu sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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References
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