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

• 血雨 rain of blood; heavy rain colored by loess sandstorm
• 一阵雨(一陣雨) a burst of rain
• 欠雨 lacking rain
• 霖雨 heavy rain ; the favor of the emperor
• 细雨(細雨) fine rain; drizzle ; Drizzle
• 风雨交加(風雨交加) wind and rain together
• 雨水 Yushui ; rain water ; rain
• 雷大雨小 much thunder but little rain; a lot of talk but little action; his bark is worse than his bite
• 挡雨(擋雨) to protect from the rain
• 降雨 to rain
• 暴风疾雨(暴風疾雨) a violent storm with striking rain
• 大雨如注 pouring with rain; rain bucketing down
• 风雨如晦(風雨如晦) wind and rain darken the sky; the situation looks grim
• 雨伞(雨傘) umbrella
• 雨林 rainforest
• 冻雨(凍雨) sleet
• 丝雨(絲雨) drizzle; fine rain
• 原始热带雨林(原始熱帶雨林) virgin tropical rainforest
• 风雨飘摇(風雨飄搖) tossed about by the wind and rain; (of a situation) unstable
• 要风得风，要雨得雨(要風得風，要雨得雨) to get whatever one wants; to have everything going one's way
• 栉风沐雨(櫛風沐雨) to comb one's hair in the wind and wash it in the rain
• 雨泽下注(雨澤下注) rainfall
• 凄风苦雨(淒風苦雨) bleak wind and icy rain; hardships; miserable circumstances
• 灰喉针尾雨燕(灰喉針尾雨燕) silver-backed needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis)
• 呼风唤雨(呼風喚雨) to call the wind and summon the rain; to exercise magical powers; to stir up troubles
• 时雨(時雨) seasonal rain
• 赤道雨林气候(赤道雨林氣候) equatorial rain forest climate
• 晴雨表 barometer
• 豪雨 a cloudburst; a downpour
• 棕雨燕 Asian palm swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis)
• 雨果 Hugo
• 雨前茶 Hyson tea; young tea leaves
• 汗如雨下 to sweat like rain; to perspire profusely
• 天雨顺延(天雨順延) weather permitting
• 雷阵雨(雷陣雨) thunder shower
• 急雨 heavy rain
• 雨泪(雨淚) weep tears like rain
• 暴风雨(暴風雨) rainstorm; storm; tempest
• 毛毛雨 fine rain; drizzle
• 季雨林 monsoon forest
• 暗背雨燕 dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda)
• 日晒雨淋(日曬雨淋) scorched and drenched by sun and rain; suffer from exposure to the elements; weather-beaten
• 丝丝小雨(絲絲小雨) fine drizzle
• 潇潇细雨(瀟瀟細雨) the sound of light rain or drizzle
• 雨蚀(雨蝕) rain erosion
• 旧雨新知(舊雨新知) old friends and new acquaintances
• 雷雨 a thunderstorm

Also contained in

雨花台 、 潇湘雨 、 雨城区 、 雨城

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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
• 卷三十四　　　　志第二十四　　五行一 Volume 34 Treatises 28: Five Elements 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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