雨 (yǔ)
Rain
How 雨 is written
- Strokes
- 8
- Traditional
- 雨
- Simplified
- 雨 (unchanged)
雨 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- yǔ
- rain; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]
- yù
- to rain; (of rain, snow etc) to fall; to precipitate; to wet
Common words using 雨
- 下雨 xiàyǔ
- to rain; rainy
- 冒雨 màoyǔ
- to brave the rain
- 大雨 dàyǔ
- heavy rain; CL:場|场[chang2]
- 小雨 xiǎoyǔ
- light rain; drizzle
- 春雨 chūnyǔ
- spring rain; gift from above
- 暴雨 bàoyǔ
- torrential rain; rainstorm; CL:場|场[chang2],陣|阵[zhen4]
- 暴風雨 bàofēngyǔ
- rainstorm; storm; tempest
- 流星雨 liúxīngyǔ
- meteor shower
- 淋雨 línyǔ
- to get wet in the rain
- 煙雨 yānyǔ
- misty rain; drizzle
- 細雨 xìyǔ
- fine rain; drizzle; poem by Tang poet Li Shangyin 李商隱|李商隐
- 陣雨 zhènyǔ
- shower
雨 in a sentence
外面下大雨了，記得帶傘。
Wàimiàn xià dàyǔ le, jìdé dài sǎn.
“It's raining heavily outside, remember to bring an umbrella.”
How common is 雨?
雨 is the 926th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 87.9% of all running text.
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