雨 (yǔ): rain
雨 (yǔ) is a Chinese character meaning “rain.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 帀 (structural). It ranks #928 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically pictographic, 雨 rain drops falling from a cloud 帀. Its radical form 雨 (rain) appears in many related characters such as 零 (líng, zero), 雪 (xuě, snow), 需 (xū, to need).
Definitions
- rain
Etymology & Origin
pictographicRain drops falling from a cloud 帀
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 雨
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 下雨verb | xià yǔ | to rain | 1 |
| 雨水noun | yǔ shuǐ | rainwater | 5 |
| 暴雨noun | bào yǔ | torrential rain | 5 |
| 雨衣noun | yǔ yī | raincoat | 3 |
| 风雨noun | fēng yǔ | wind and rain | 6 |
| 阵雨noun | zhèn yǔ | shower (rain) | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暴风雨noun | bào fēng yǔ | rainstorm |
| 大雨noun | dà yǔ | heavy rain |
| 雨果proper-noun | yǔ guǒ | Hugo (name) |
| 雨林noun | yǔ lín | rainforest |
| 雨伞noun | yǔ sǎn | umbrella |
| 雨季noun | yǔ jì | rainy season |
| 流星雨noun | liú xīng yǔ | meteor shower |
| 热带雨林 | rè dài yǔ lín | tropical rain forest |
| 雨天noun | yǔ tiān | rainy day |
| 翻云覆雨phrase | fān yún fù yǔ | to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom) |
| 倾盆大雨phrase | qīng pén dà yǔ | (idiom) a downpour |
| 雷雨noun | léi yǔ | thunderstorm |
| 雨滴noun | yǔ dī | raindrop |
| 雨点noun | yǔ diǎn | raindrop |
| 降雨verb | jiàng yǔ | precipitation |
雨 appears in 100 compound words: 43 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 7 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 雨 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (35)
to be fickle; to shift one's grounds constantly; to play politics; to be tricky
to be blown by the wind and battered by the rain; to experience setbacks or hardships
Showing 12 of 35 idioms containing 雨.
Example Sentences
下雨天出门记得带伞，以免淋湿。
Xiàyǔ tiān chūmén jìde dài sǎn, yǐmiǎn lín shī.
Remember to bring an umbrella when going out on rainy days to avoid getting wet.
...天气/好天气倒数!一周2波锋面接力 这天雨最猛“连下4天”
. . . tiān qì hǎo tiān qì dǎo shǔ ! yī zhōu 2 bō fēng miàn jiē lì zhè tiān yǔ zuì měng lián xià 4 tiān
... Weather/Good Weather Countdown! 2 waves of frontal relay in a week, the rain was the heaviest on this day "4 days in a row"
首波春雨“这时”报到 228连假天气曝光
shǒu bō chūn yǔ zhè shí bào dào 2 2 8 lián jiǎ tiān qì pù guāng
The first wave of spring rain was reported at this time, and the 228 consecutive holiday weather was exposed
...降温超20°C!降温继续南下,南方多地降雨频繁期开启
. . . jiàng wēn chāo 2 0 C ! jiàng wēn jì xù nán xià , nán fāng duō dì jiàng yǔ pín fán qī kāi qǐ
... Cooling exceeded 20°C! The cooling continued to move south, and frequent rainfall began in many places in the south
斗湖1小时豪雨引发大水患 轿车险灭顶多路中断
dǒu hú 1 xiǎo shí háo yǔ yǐn fā dà shuǐ huàn jiào chē xiǎn miè dǐng duō lù zhōng duàn
Tawau 1-hour heavy rain caused heavy flooding, and the car was almost destroyed, and many roads were interrupted
文物日历|2月18日·雨水:井饮图壁画砖
wén wù rì lì yuè rì yǔ shuǐ jǐng yǐn tú bì huà zhuān
Cultural Heritage Calendar|February 18-Rainwater: Well Drinking Picture Mural Brick
可以借你的雨伞一用吗？
Kěyǐ jiè nǐ de yǔsǎn yī yòng ma?
Can I borrow your umbrella?
今天下午会下雨吗？
Jīntiān xiàwǔ huì xiàyǔ ma?
Will it rain this afternoon?
如果下雨的话，我们也还要去公园吗？
Rúguǒ xiàyǔ dehuà, wǒmen yě hái yào qù gōngyuán ma?
Will we also still go to the park even if it rains?
刚才天气还很好，怎么会突然下雨了呢？
Gāngcái tiānqì hái hěn hǎo, zěnme huì tūrán xiàyǔ le ne?
The weather was great just a moment ago. How is it suddenly raining now?
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