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

• 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

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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