雨 yǔ
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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') -
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) -
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') -
yù
verb
to moisten
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '雨' yù v 3; Kroll 2015 '雨' yù 2, p. 571) -
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) -
yù
verb
to fall
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 落下 (Guoyu '雨' yù v 2)
Contained in
- 凄风苦雨(淒風苦雨) bleak wind and icy rain; hardships; miserable circumstances
- 云腾致雨(雲騰致雨) clouds soar upwards to end in rain
- 雨伞(雨傘) umbrella
- 天要落雨,娘要嫁人 the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry; the natural order of things
- 潇潇细雨(瀟瀟細雨) the sound of light rain or drizzle
- 日晒雨淋(日曬雨淋) scorched and drenched by sun and rain; suffer from exposure to the elements; weather-beaten
- 呼风唤雨(呼風喚雨) to call the wind and summon the rain; to exercise magical powers; to stir up troubles
- 骤雨(驟雨) shower
- 雷声大,雨点小(雷聲大,雨點小) loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain; a lot of talk, but no action; action speaks louder than words
- 原始热带雨林(原始熱帶雨林) virgin tropical rainforest
- 雨刷 windshield wiper
- 猎户座流星雨(獵戶座流星雨) Orionids; Orionid meteor shower
- 经历风雨(經歷風雨) to go through thick and thin
- 风雨欲来(風雨欲來) storm clouds approach; troubles lie ahead
- 梨花带雨(梨花帶雨) like raindrops on a pear blossom; tear-stained face of a beauty
- 雨水 Yushui ; rain water ; rain
- 雨点(雨點) raindrop
- 沾溉时雨(沾溉時雨) for the seasonal rains to soak and irrigate
- 西北雨 thundershower
- 一阵雨(一陣雨) a burst of rain
- 雨燕 swift; Apodidae (the swift family)
- 听见风就是雨(聽見風就是雨) on hearing wind, to say rain; to agree uncritically with whatever people say; to parrot other people's words
- 降雨量 precipitation; quantity of rainfall
- 春风化雨(春風化雨) spring wind and rain; the long-term influence of a solid education
- 沾雨 to become wet with rain
- 雨过天青(雨過天青) sky clears after rain; new hopes after a disastrous period; every cloud has a silver lining
- 酸雨 acid rain
- 小白腰雨燕 house swift (Apus nipalensis)
- 雨夜 a night of rain
- 雨蚀(雨蝕) rain erosion
- 雨夹雪(雨夾雪) sleet; mixture of snow and rain
- 浑汗如雨(渾汗如雨) to drip with sweat
- 巴山夜雨 rain on Mt Ba; lonely in a strange land
- 听风就是雨(聽風就是雨) to believe in the rain on hearing the wind; to believe rumors; to be credulous
- 暴雨 rainstorm; storm
- 白喉针尾雨燕(白喉針尾雨燕) white-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)
- 朝雨 morning rain
- 祈雨 to pray for rain
- 雨师(雨師) Rain Master ; five-stamen tamarisk; Chinese tamarisk; saltcedar
- 谷雨(穀雨) Guyu
- 雨霁(雨霽) a clear sky after rain
- 风调雨顺(風調雨順) a harmonious wind and favorable rain; favorable weather
- 风雨如晦(風雨如晦) wind and rain darken the sky; the situation looks grim
- 风雨晦冥(風雨晦冥) conditions of extreme adversity
- 雨层云(雨層雲) nimbostratus; stratus rain cloud
Also contained in
雨湖 、 雨湖区 、 雨华瑞 、 潇湘雨 、 余秋雨 、 雨山区
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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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
- 卷二十九 志第五 五行二 Volume 29 Treatises 5: Five Elements 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 82
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 雨降 (雨降) 雷聲雨降 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一 原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 4