English–Chinese
“thunder” in Chinese
How to say “thunder” in Chinese
“Thunder” in Chinese is 打雷 (dǎ léi).
The sky starts making a loud, rolling boom, often with lightning and rain.
Example sentences with 打雷
晚上突然打雷，大家都很紧张。wǎn shàng tū rán dǎ léi dà jiā dōu hěn jǐn zhāng
It suddenly started thundering at night, and everyone got very nervous.
Tips for using 打雷
- For a weather event happening now, 打雷 (dǎléi, "to thunder") commonly follows the progressive marker 在 (zài, "be ...ing"), as in a comment about sounds outside.
Other Chinese words for “thunder”
我听到雷声了。wǒ tīng dào léi shēng le
I heard thunder.