霜 meaning in English

shuāng

frost; white powder or cream spread over a surface

HSK 7-9noun17 strokes

Meaning of 霜

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shuāng
  1. frost
  2. white powder or cream spread over a surface
  3. frosting
  4. (skin) cream

霜 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ能néng在zài我wǒ的de背bèi上shàng涂tú些xiē防fáng晒shài霜shuāng吗ma?
Can you put some suntan lotion on my back?
今jīn天tiān早zǎo上shàng下xià厚hòu霜shuāng了le。
We had a heavy frost this morning.
霜shuāng还hái没méi有yǒu开kāi始shǐ溶róng化huà。
The hoarfrost hasn't yet begun to thaw.
你nǐ不bù想xiǎng涂tú防fáng晒shài霜shuāng是shì你nǐ的de问wèn题tí,但dàn是shì晒shài伤shāng了le不bú要yào来lái抱bào怨yuàn。
If you don't want to put on sunscreen, that's your problem. Just don't come complaining to me when you get a sunburn.
甲jiǎ之zhī蜜mì糖táng,乙yǐ之zhī砒pī霜shuāng。
One man's meat is another man's poison.

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霜 shuāng · frost · 17 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 霜.

雪上加霜xuěshàng-jiāshuāng(idiom) to make matters even worse; to add insult to injury
糖霜tángshuāngfrosting; icing
防晒霜fángshàishuāngsuntan lotion; sunscreen cream
砒霜pīshuāngwhite arsenic; arsenic trioxide As2O3

Questions about 霜

What does 霜 mean?

霜 (shuāng) means "frost; white powder or cream spread over a surface" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 霜?

霜 is made of 1 character: 霜 (17 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 霜 an HSK word?

Yes. 霜 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.