雨 yǔ

1. yǔ noun rain
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Concept: Weather 天气
   Notes: (Guoyu '雨' n 1; Kroll 2015 '雨' 1, p. 571; Unihan '雨')
2. yǔ noun Kangxi radical 173
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Rain (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '雨' n 3)
3. yù verb to rain
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Concept: Weather 天气
   Notes: In the sense of 下雨 (Guoyu '雨' yù v 1; Kroll 2015 '雨' yù 1, p. 571; Unihan '雨')
4. yù verb to moisten
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '雨' yù v 3; Kroll 2015 '雨' yù 2, p. 571)
5. yǔ noun a friend
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 朋友; for example, in the idiom 舊雨新知 old friends and new acquaintances (Guoyu '雨' n 2)
6. yù verb to fall
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 落下 (Guoyu '雨' yù v 2)

Contained in

• 雨神 Rain God
• 雨师(雨師) Rain Master ; five-stamen tamarisk; Chinese tamarisk; saltcedar
• 潇潇细雨(瀟瀟細雨) the sound of light rain or drizzle
• 风雨晦冥(風雨晦冥) conditions of extreme adversity
• 急雨 heavy rain
• 故以龙致雨(故以龍致雨) because of a dragon, rain will be produced
• 漏雨 to leak rainwater
• 阻雨 immobilized by rain
• 风雨交加(風雨交加) wind and rain together
• 雨过天晴(雨過天晴) sky clears after rain; new hopes after a disastrous period; every cloud has a silver lining
• 雨天 rainy day; rainy weather
• 暴风雨(暴風雨) rainstorm; storm; tempest
• 春雨 spring rain; gift from above
• 下雨 to rain
• 雨衣 raincoat
• 猎户座流星雨(獵戶座流星雨) Orionids; Orionid meteor shower
• 雨季 rainy season; monsoon season
• 泪如雨下(淚如雨下) tears falling like rain
• 雨露 rain and dew ; favor; grace
• 弹雨(彈雨) hail of bullets
• 屋漏偏逢连夜雨(屋漏偏逢連夜雨) when it rains, it pours
• 凄风苦雨(淒風苦雨) bleak wind and icy rain; hardships; miserable circumstances
• 汗如雨下 to sweat like rain; to perspire profusely
• 小白腰雨燕 house swift (Apus nipalensis)
• 欠雨 lacking rain
• 冒雨 to brave the rain
• 狂风暴雨(狂風暴雨) howling wind and torrential rain; difficult, dangerous situation
• 沐雨栉风(沐雨櫛風) to work unceasingly regardless of the weather
• 雨漏 gargoyle (architecture)
• 濛濛时雨(濛濛時雨) misty seasonal rain
• 流星雨 meteor shower
• 暴风疾雨(暴風疾雨) a violent storm with striking rain
• 枪林弹雨(槍林彈雨) raining bullets
• 遮风避雨(遮風避雨) to give shelter from the wind and rain; to keep out the elements
• 日晒雨淋(日曬雨淋) scorched and drenched by sun and rain; suffer from exposure to the elements; weather-beaten
• 大风疾雨(大風疾雨) a great gale and striking rain
• 蹅雨 to walk in the rain
• 梨花带雨(梨花帶雨) like raindrops on a pear blossom; tear-stained face of a beauty
• 积雨云(積雨雲) cumulonimbus (cloud)
• 雨布 rain tarp
• 挥汗成雨(揮汗成雨) to drip with sweat; sweat poured off (him)
• 季雨林 monsoon forest
• 春风化雨(春風化雨) spring wind and rain; the long-term influence of a solid education
• 丝雨(絲雨) drizzle; fine rain
• 晴雨表 barometer

Also contained in

雨城区 、 潇湘雨 、 雨花 、 维克多·雨果 、 雨山 、 贾雨村

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• 卷二十八 志第四 五行一 Volume 28 Treatises 4: Five Elements 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 110
• 卷六十二 志第十五 五行一下 Volume 62 Treatises 15: Five Elements 1b History of Song 宋史 — count: 104
• 卷六十五 志第十八 五行三 Volume 65 Treatises 18: Five Elements 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 92
• 卷五十　　志第三上:　五行一 Volume 50 Treatises 3: Five Elements 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 82
• 卷二十九 志第五 五行二 Volume 29 Treatises 5: Five Elements 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 82
• 卷二十九 志第十九 五行下 Volume 29 Treatises 19: Five Elements Part Three Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 79
• 《雨部》 Yǔ Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 75
• 卷五十一　志第三下:　五行二 Volume 51 Treatises 4: Five Elements 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 70
• 卷三十三 志第二十三 五行四 Volume 33 Treatises 23: Five Elements 4 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 66
• 卷六十六 志第十九 五行四 Volume 66 Treatises 19: Five Elements 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 46

Collocations

• 雨雪 (雨雪) 雨雪其雱 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧北風 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Bei Feng — count: 15
• 雨不克 (雨不克) 雨不克葬 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 9
• 遇雨 (遇雨) 道下遇雨 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 7
• 阴雨 (陰雨) 陰雨膏之 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧曹‧下泉 Lessons from the states - Odes of Cao - Bu Quan — count: 7
• 甘雨 (甘雨) 以祈甘雨 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧甫田之什‧甫田 Minor odes of the kingdom - Fu Tian Zhi Shen - Fu Tian — count: 6
• 苦雨 (苦雨) 秋無苦雨 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 5
• 雨螽 (雨螽) 雨螽于宋 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 5
• 闵雨 (閔雨) 閔雨也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
• 雨木 (雨木) 雨木冰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4
• 雨止 (雨止) 不為雨止 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4