How to say “snowing” in Chinese
3 phrases · Tourist, Learner, and Local levels · with pronunciation
下雪了！
🔊 Xià xuě le!
Literally: “Snow fell!”
💡 了 marks new situation, natural excitement
外面下大雪了，地上白茫茫的。
🔊 Wài miàn xià dà xuě le, dì shàng bái máng máng de
Literally: “Outside heavy snow, ground is white and boundless.”
💡 白茫茫 = expanse of white, poetic
鹅毛大雪纷纷飘落，整个世界都变白了！
🔊 É máo dà xuě fēn fēn piāo luò, zhěng gè shì jiè dōu biàn bái le!
Literally: “Goose-feather snow floating down in flurries, the whole world has turned white!”
💡 鹅毛大雪 = goose-feather snow = heavy snow, classical poetic image
About these Chinese phrases
These Chinese weather phrases cover three levels of fluency for expressing snowing 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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