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How do you say "hail" in Chinese?
冰雹
bīng báo
In Chinese, "hail" is 冰雹.
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Pronunciation
Two syllables: 'bing' (rising tone) and 'bao' (falling tone), pitch rises sharply then descends like hail falling.
Writing and usage
Two characters totaling 10 strokes; first relates to ice, second to hail pellets, together describing frozen precipitation.
Example sentence
昨天下冰雹。
It hailed yesterday.
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How to remember 冰雹
Hail is ice balls falling from clouds, hard and bouncing.
Related words
- eight 八 bā
- fast 快 kuài
- light 轻 qīng
- narrow 窄 zhǎi
- seventy-six 七十六 qī shí liù
- sleet 雨夹雪 yǔ jiā xuě
- soft 柔 róu
- sunny 晴朗 qíng lǎng
- ugly 丑 chǒu
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Questions about 冰雹
How do you say "hail" in Chinese?
In Chinese, "hail" is 冰雹. It is a noun.
How is 冰雹 written in Chinese?
Two characters totaling 10 strokes; first relates to ice, second to hail pellets, together describing frozen precipitation.
How is 冰雹 used in a sentence?
Use 冰雹 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 昨天下冰雹。 (It hailed yesterday.).
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