Chinese Word: 雨 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

雨Polyphone (多音字)HSK 1

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 雨

Pictographic:Rain drops falling from a cloud 帀

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Pinyin: yǔ

English Definition:rain; Classifiers: 阵

Chinese Definition:
①从云层中降落的水滴：雨水。雨季。

Example Words:

小雨	xiǎo yǔ	light rain; drizzle
风雨	fēng yǔ	wind and rain; the elements; trials and hardships
大雨	dà yǔ	heavy rain; Classifiers: 场
暴雨	bào yǔ	torrential rain; rainstorm; Classifiers: 场
雷阵雨	léi zhèn yǔ	thunder shower

Pinyin: yù

English Definition:to rain; (of rain, snow etc) to fall; to precipitate; to wet

Chinese Definition:
①下雨，落下：雨雪。

Example Words:

roads are slippery due to rain (idiom)

1		jīn tiān 今天 xià yǔ 下雨 le 了。 It's raining today.
2		míng tiān 明天 huì 会 xià yǔ 下雨。 It will rain tomorrow.
3		xià 下 zhe 着 qīng pén dà yǔ 倾盆大雨。 It's raining cats and dogs.
4		wài mian 外面 xià 下 zhe 着 dà yǔ 大雨。 It's raining heavily outside.
5		hū rán 忽然 xià 下 qǐ 起 le 了 yǔ 雨。 It suddenly started raining.

1		jīn tiān 今天 xià yǔ 下雨 le 了。 It's raining today.
2		míng tiān 明天 huì 会 xià yǔ 下雨。 It will rain tomorrow.
3		xià 下 zhe 着 qīng pén dà yǔ 倾盆大雨。 It's raining cats and dogs.
4		wài mian 外面 xià 下 zhe 着 dà yǔ 大雨。 It's raining heavily outside.
5		hū rán 忽然 xià 下 qǐ 起 le 了 yǔ 雨。 It suddenly started raining.