霜
HSK 7freq #6485
Meanings
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- 1.frost
- 2.white powder or cream spread over a surface
- 3.frosting
- 4.(skin) cream
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Wiktionary
- 1.frost
- 2.frost-like powder
- 3.cream
- 4.white
- 5.ice
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sraŋ): semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 相 (OC *slaŋ, *slaŋs). From 涼 (OC *ɡ·raŋ) with an s- (nominalizer) prefix (Schuessler, 2007).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
今天早上下厚霜了。
We had a heavy frost this morning.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
七十瓦上霜，八十不稀奇傲雪凌霜傲雪欺霜傲霜傲霜枝傲霜鬥雪傲霜斗雪兩鬢飛霜两鬓飞霜六月飛霜六月飞霜冒霜撥露冒霜拨露冰霜冷若冰霜冷霜霜冽霜凝霜初霜含霜嚴霜严霜字挾風霜字挟风霜孤霜寒霜履霜履霜之戒履霜堅冰履霜坚冰
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Related words
风霜 wind and frost霜花 frost forming a pattern on a surface霜白 frosty霜晨 frosty morning糖霜 frosting; icing霜条 popsicle冰霜 (literary) ice formed in freezing weather as frost or icicles etc (often used as a metaphor for moral uprightness, strictness, sternness or aloofness)霜露 frost and dew早霜 early frost霜冻 frost霜害 frostbite眼霜 eye cream