xuěrén

雪人

Word · Noun

snowman

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

snowman; a human figure made of snow

Commonly refers to the traditional figure created by stacking rolled snowballs, often decorated with stones or coal for eyes, a carrot for a nose, and sticks for arms. In northern dialects, this word is often pronounced with an optional rhotic suffix (儿) as 雪人儿 (xuěrénr).

Hái孩
zi子
men们
zài在
yuàn院
zi子
lǐ里
duī堆
le了
yī一
gè个
dà大
xuě雪
rén人
 。

The children built a big snowman in the yard.

Zhè这
gè个
xuě雪
rén人
yǒu有
hú胡
luó萝
bo卜
zuò做
de的
bí鼻
zi子
hé和
méi煤
tàn炭
zuò做
de的
yǎn眼
jing睛
 。

This snowman has a nose made of carrots and eyes made of coal.

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Dōng冬
tiān天
dào到
le了
 ,
wǒ我
men们
yī一
qǐ起
duī堆
xuě雪
rén人
ba吧
 。

Winter is here, let's build a snowman together.