雪崩

Chinese

	snow	collapse; fall into ruins
trad. (雪崩)	雪	崩
simp. ^#(雪崩)	雪	崩
anagram	崩雪

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuěbēng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄅㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ bang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuěbēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄅㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuěbeng
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh³-pêng¹
  - Yale: sywě-bēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuebeng
  - Palladius: сюэбэн (sjuebɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syut³ bang¹
  - Yale: syut bāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ bang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xud³ beng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ pɐŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

雪崩

avalanche

Synonyms

(Taiwanese Hokkien) 崩雪

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雪	崩
なたれ
Grade: 2	Grade: S
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
傾れ頽れ

Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the classical verb 傾る (nadaru),^[1] modern 雪崩れる, 傾れる (nadareru, “to slope, descend; of snow, to slide”).

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 雪崩 (xuěbēng).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) なだれ [nàdáré] (Heiban – [0])^[2]^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [na̠da̠ɾe̞]

Noun

雪崩(なだれ) • (nadare)

an avalanche (large sliding mass of snow and ice), snowslide
an inclination
Synonym: 傾斜 (keisha)
a collapse, crumbling
(pottery) a rundown of glaze on a piece of pottery, usually a 茶入れ (chaire, “tea container”)
usually spelled as 頽れ
name of a 下座音楽 (geza ongaku)
Synonym: 雪下ろし (yuki-oroshi)

Derived terms

雪崩(なだ)れ込(こ)む (nadare komu, “to rush into, surge into”)
雪崩(なだれ)現象(げんしょう) (nadare genshō)
雪崩(なだれ)道(みち) (nadaremichi)
岩屑(がんせつ)雪崩(なだれ) (gansetsu nadare)
電子(でんし)雪崩(なだれ) (denshi nadare)
人(ひと)雪崩(なだれ) (hito-nadare, “surging crowd”)
表層(ひょうそう)雪崩(なだれ) (hyōsō nadare, “surface avalanche”)
泡(ほう)雪崩(なだれ) (hō-nadare)
雪(ゆき)雪崩(なだれ) (yuki-nadare)

Idioms

雪崩(なだれ)を打(う)つ (nadare o utsu, “to flood, swarm”, literally "strike an avalanche")

Synonyms

アバランチ (abaranchi)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJS-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-4] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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