How to say “first snow” in Chinese
3 phrases · Tourist, Learner, and Local levels · with pronunciation
下初雪了！
🔊 Xià chū xuě le!
Literally: “The first snow has fallen!”
💡 初雪 (chū xuě) = first snow. Same characters as Japanese but different pronunciation.
今年的初雪来了，到处都变白了，真漂亮。
🔊 Jīn nián de chū xuě lái le, dào chù dōu biàn bái le, zhēn piào liang
Literally: “This year's first snow has come, everywhere turned white, really beautiful.”
💡 到处 = everywhere; 变白 = turned white. Natural excitement.
终于下了场像样的初雪，不像上次那点小雨夹雪，这回是真下了！
🔊 Zhōng yú xià le chǎng xiàng yàng de chū xuě, bù xiàng shàng cì nà diǎn xiǎo yǔ jiā xuě, zhè huí shì zhēn xià le!
Literally: “Finally a proper first snow, not like that little sleet last time — this time it's really snowing!”
💡 像样 = proper/decent; 雨夹雪 = rain mixed with snow (sleet); 这回 = this time. Same universal local insistence on 'real' first snow.
About these Chinese phrases
These Chinese weather phrases cover three levels of fluency for expressing first snow conditions. The Tourist phrase is what any beginner can use immediately. The Learner phrase sounds natural in everyday conversation. The Local phrase uses authentic idioms and expressions that native speakers actually use — the kind of phrase that makes locals smile when they hear a foreigner use it.
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