Chinese word

打雷

Pronunciation

Pinyindǎ léi

Meaning

  • verbthunder

Example

今天又在打雷，真吵。jīn tiān yòu zài dǎ léi zhēn chǎo

It's thundering again today, and it's really loud.

Illustration for 打雷 (thunder)

More examples

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.

Core concept

The sky starts making a loud, rolling boom, often with lightning and rain.

Common phrases

  • 正在打雷zhèng zài dǎ léi

    be thundering

  • 又在打雷yòu zài dǎ léi

    be thundering again

Similar words

响xiǎng: Make a sound that can be heard.
发出fā chū: Give off a sound or light so it can be heard or seen.
闪shǎn: Flash brightly for a moment.

Definition in Chinese

指天空中出现雷声的现象，表示雷在响，常伴随闪电或短时降雨。zhǐ tiān kōng zhōng chū xiàn léi shēng de xiàn xiàng biǎo shì léi zài xiǎng cháng bàn suí shǎn diàn huò duǎn shí jiàng yǔ

Word origin

打雷 (dǎléi, "to thunder") combines 打 (dǎ, "to strike or produce") with 雷 (léi, "thunder"), presenting thunder as a sound the sky makes.

Usage tips

  • 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.

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