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梅雨

méi yǔ

2-character word

What 梅雨 means

1. East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer)

The characters in 梅雨

• 梅méiplum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
• 雨yǔrain

Example sentences

• 在日本，梅雨季节从六月初持续到七月中旬。
  In Japan, the rainy season lasts from the beginning of June to the middle of July.

Sounds the same

Read méi yǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 眉宇(literary) forehead; (literary) countenance; features
• 霉雨variant of 梅雨