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雨

yǔ

HSK 1 Character Measure word 阵、场

What 雨 means

1. rain

Other readings

雨 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yùto rain; (of rain, snow etc) to fall; to precipitate

Example sentences

• 躲雨。
  Duǒyǔ.
  Stay out of the rain.
• 下雨了。
  It is raining.
• 在下雨。
  It is raining.
• 雨停了。
  It has stopped raining.
• 下了雨。
  It rained.
• 下雨吗？
  Is it raining?

Words starting with 雨

• 雨水yǔ shuǐrainwater; rainfall; rain
• 雨伞yǔ sǎnumbrella
• 雨天yǔ tiānrainy day; rainy weather
• 雨衣yǔ yīraincoat
• 雨点yǔ diǎnraindrop
• 雨季yǔ jìrainy season
• 雨声yǔ shēngsound of rain
• 雨夜yǔ yèrainy night
• 雨露yǔ lùrain and dew; (fig.) favor; grace
• 雨滴yǔ dīraindrop
• 雨丝yǔ sīdrizzle; fine rain
• 雨后春笋yǔ hòu chūn sǔnlit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth…
• 雨林yǔ línrainforest
• 雨过天晴yǔ guò tiān qíngsky clears after rain; new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom)…
• 雨量yǔ liàngrainfall
• 雨人yǔ rénRain Man
• 雨具yǔ jùrainwear
• 雨刷yǔ shuāwindshield wiper
• 雨势yǔ shìintensity of the rain
• 雨布yǔ bùrain tarp
• 雨幕yǔ mùcurtain of rain; downpour
• 雨城区Yǔ chéng QūYucheng, a district of Ya'an City 雅安市
• 雨层云yǔ céng yúnnimbostratus; stratus rain cloud
• 雨山区Yǔ shān QūYushan, a district of Ma'anshan City 马鞍山市

Words containing 雨

• 下雨xià yǔto rain
• 风雨fēng yǔwind and rain; the elements; (fig.) trials and hardships
• 小雨xiǎo yǔlight rain; drizzle
• 大雨dà yǔheavy rain
• 暴雨bào yǔtorrential rain; rainstorm
• 细雨xì yǔfine rain; drizzle; poem by Tang poet Li Shangyin 李商隐
• 暴风雨bào fēng yǔrainstorm; storm; tempest
• 雷雨léi yǔthunderstorm
• 春雨chūn yǔspring rain; gift from above
• 秋雨qiū yǔautumn rain
• 阴雨yīn yǔovercast and rainy
• 烟雨yān yǔmisty rain; drizzle
• 风风雨雨fēng fēng yǔ yǔtrials and tribulations; ups and downs
• 冒雨mào yǔto brave the rain
• 降雨jiàng yǔprecipitation; rainfall
• 淋雨lín yǔto get wet in the rain
• 避雨bì yǔto take shelter from the rain
• 云雨yún yǔlit. cloud and rain; fig. sexual intercourse
• 热带雨林rè dài yǔ líntropical rain forest
• 风雨无阻fēng yǔ wú zǔregardless of weather conditions; rain, hail or shine
• 狂风暴雨kuáng fēng bào yǔ(idiom) howling wind and torrential rain; furious storm…
• 梅雨méi yǔEast Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer)
• 流星雨liú xīng yǔmeteor shower
• 倾盆大雨qīng pén dà yǔ(idiom) a downpour; rain bucketing down

Characters that look like 雨

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 两liǎngtwo; both; some
• 尚shàngstill; yet; to value
• 删shānto delete
• 奔bēnto hurry; to rush; to run quickly
• 珀pòused in 琥珀
• 枸gōubent; crooked

Sounds the same

Read yǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 与(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with…
• 语dialect; language; speech
• 羽feather; 5th note in pentatonic scale
• 屿islet
• 予(literary) to give
• 宇room; universe
• 禹Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods; surname Yu
• 瑀(chalcedony)
• 圄prison; to imprison
• 敔percussion instrument shaped as a hollow wooden tiger, with serrated strip across the…
• 俣big
• 龉used in 龃龉