雨
yù
Pinyin

Definition

雨
 - 
yù
  1. to rain
  2. (of rain, snow etc) to fall
  3. to precipitate
  4. to wet
雨
 - 
yǔ
  1. rain
  2. CL:陣|阵[zhèn],場|场[cháng]

Character Decomposition

Compounds (28)

需
xū
  1. 1 to require
  2. 2 to need
  3. 3 to want
  4. 4 necessity
  5. 5 need
雷
Léi
  1. 1 surname Lei
雷
léi
  1. 1 thunder
  2. 2 mine (weapon)
  3. 3 (Internet slang) terrifying
  4. 4 terrific
露
Lù
  1. 1 surname Lu
露
lòu
  1. 1 to show
  2. 2 to reveal
  3. 3 to betray
  4. 4 to expose

Related Words (20)

下雨
xià yǔ
  1. 1 to rain
雨
yǔ
  1. 1 rain
  2. 2 classifier: 阵 zhèn
  3. 3 classifier: 场 cháng
冒雨
mào yǔ
  1. 1 to brave the rain
大雨
dà yǔ
  1. 1 heavy rain
  2. 2 classifier: 场 cháng
小雨
xiǎo yǔ
  1. 1 light rain
  2. 2 drizzle

Idioms (20)

一雨成秋
yī yǔ chéng qiū
  1. 1 a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)
干打雷，不下雨
gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ
  1. 1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)
  2. 2 a lot of noise but no action
呼风唤雨
hū fēng huàn yǔ
  1. 1 to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers
  2. 2 fig. to stir up troubles
唤雨呼风
huàn yǔ hū fēng
  1. 1 to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom)
  2. 2 to exercise magical powers
  3. 3 fig. to stir up troubles
  4. 4 also 呼風喚雨|呼风唤雨[hū fēng huàn yǔ]
天要落雨，娘要嫁人
tiān yào luò yǔ , niáng yào jià rén
  1. 1 the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the natural order of things
  3. 3 something you can't go against

Sample Sentences

明天十之八九会下雨。
míngtiān shízhībājiǔ huì xiàyǔ 。
It's likely to rain tomorrow.
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白雨跳珠乱入船。
báiyǔ tiàozhū luàn rù chuán 。
Pearl like rain droplets fall all over and into the boat
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意大利水城威尼斯受狂风暴雨影响，水位二十九日涨至近十年来最高位，城市四分之三沦为泽国。
Yìdàlì Shuǐchéng Wēinísī shòu kuángfēngbàoyǔ yǐngxiǎng ，shuǐwèi èrshíjiǔrì zhǎng zhì jìn shí nián lái zuì gāo wèi ，chéngshì sìfēnzhīsan lúnwéi zéguó 。
On the 29th, heavy winds and downpours caused the water level around Venice to rise to its highest level in almost a decade. More than three quarters of the city was inundated.
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意大利威尼斯遭暴雨城市七成以上被淹
Yìdàlì Wēinísī zāo bàoyǔ chéngshì qīchéng yǐshàng bèi yān
After heavy rains, more than 70% of Venice, Italy was flooded.
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强降雨导致意大利不少地区面临洪灾风险。
qiángjiàngyǔ dǎozhì Yìdàlì bùshǎo dìqū miànlín hóngzāi fēngxiǎn 。
Heavy rains have caused many parts of Italy to face risk of flooding.
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真的吗？这里下大雨了。
zhēnde ma ？zhèlǐ xià dàyǔ le 。
Really? It is raining heavily here.
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下雨了吗？哦，我给一个朋友打电话。
xiàyǔ le ma ？ò ，wǒ gěi yī ge péngyou dǎdiànhuà 。
Is it raining? Oh…Let me give a friend a phone call.
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下雨天要上课。
xiàyǔtiān yào shàngkè 。
There’s class even on rainy days.
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我觉得下雨天很浪漫。
wǒ juéde xiàyǔtiān hěn làngmàn 。
I find rainy days romantic.
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买五把雨伞
mǎi wǔ bǎ yǔsǎn
(spoken as mǎi wú bǎ yú sǎn) Buy 5 umbrellas.
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