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Dongzhi
They are beginning of winter, light snow, heavy snow, winter solstice, lesser cold and greater cold.
People often start counting "nine cold periods" starting from winter solstice.

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Open the tool →冬至 (dōng zhì) means “Winter Solstice, Dongzhi”.
冬至 is pronounced dōng zhì in Mandarin Chinese.
“Winter Solstice” is 冬至 (dōng zhì) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 冬至, each with pinyin and an English translation.