How to Say "It's snowing" in Chinese (Mandarin): 下雪了！

The characters in 下雪了！

• 下

  Down; to fall.

  3 strokes

• 雪

  Snow. 雨 (rain) is on top.

  11 strokes

下雪 is "snow falls". 雪 has 雨 (rain) on top, like all weather characters: 雷 (thunder), 雾 (fog).

More examples with 下雪了！

• 下雪了，我们去堆雪人吧！

  下雪了，我們去堆雪人吧！

  Xià xuě le, wǒmen qù duī xuěrén ba!

  It's snowing, let's go build a snowman!

• 昨天下雪了。

  Zuótiān xià xuě le.

  It snowed yesterday.