Chinese word

雨

Pronunciation

Pinyinyǔ

Meaning

  • nounrain

Example

雨停了，我们可以出去。yǔ tíng le wǒ men ké yǐ chū qù

The rain has stopped, so we can go outside.

Illustration for 雨 (rain)

More examples

早上下了一阵雨，花园很湿。zǎo shàng xià le yí zhèn yǔ huā yuán hěn shī

There was a rain shower in the morning, and the garden is very wet.

Core concept

Water drops falling from the sky, understood either as the drops or the rainy weather they create.

Common phrases

  • 一阵雨yí zhèn yǔ

    rain shower

  • 雨天yǔ tiān

    rainy day

  • 雨伞yú sǎn

    umbrella

Similar words

雪xuě: Frozen white flakes or ice crystals falling from the sky.
风fēng: Moving air around us.

Definition in Chinese

从天空降落的水滴或这种降水的天气现象。cóng tiān kōng jiàng luò de shuǐ dī huò zhè zhǒng jiàng shuǐ de tiān qì xiàn xiàng

Word origin

雨 (yǔ, "rain") developed from a pictograph of a sky-like frame with marks below it for falling drops.

Usage tips

  • A period of rain can be counted with 一场雨 (yì chǎng yǔ, "a spell of rain"), because Chinese treats the period as an event with its own measure word.

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