雨 meaning in English

yǔ

rain

HSK 1noun8 strokes

Meaning of 雨

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yǔ

rain

Measure word: 陣|阵,場|场

yù

(literary) to rain
(of rain, snow etc) to fall
to precipitate
to wet

How to use 雨

雨 (yǔ) is the everyday word for rain, but to say it is raining you normally use the verb phrase 下雨 (xià yǔ), literally 'rain comes down.' Example: 外面在下雨。(Wàimiàn zài xià yǔ.) It is raining outside.

Picture 雨 as a window or sky with a top line for the clouds and four little dots falling inside like raindrops. If you see dots in a frame, think rain.

Common mistake: Learners often say 雨了 or 今天雨 to mean 'it rained,' but in modern Chinese you need 下: 今天下雨了 (jīntiān xià yǔ le). Also keep the third tone yǔ; the fourth tone yù is only a rare literary verb reading.

雨 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

尽jǐn管guǎn下xià着zhe雨yǔ，我wǒ还hái是shì出chū了le门mén。

I went out in spite of the rain.

除chú非fēi雨yǔ停tíng了le，我wǒ们men才cái会huì出chū去qù。

We won't go out unless it stops raining.

棒bàng球qiú比bǐ赛sài因yīn为wèi天tiān雨yǔ取qǔ消xiāo了le。

The baseball game was called off due to rain.

尽jǐn管guǎn下xià着zhe雨yǔ，他tā还hái是shì出chū去qù了le。

He went out in spite of the rain.

我wǒ真zhēn的de很hěn讨tǎo厌yàn这zhè种zhòng下xià雨yǔ天tiān。

I am fed up with this wet weather.

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雨 yǔ · rain · 8 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 雨.

下雨	xià yǔ	to rain
雨水	yǔshuǐ	rainwater; rainfall; rain
暴风雨	bàofēngyǔ	rainstorm; storm
雨衣	yǔyī	raincoat
暴雨	bàoyǔ	torrential rain; rainstorm
风雨	fēngyǔ	wind and rain; the elements
暴风骤雨	bàofēng-zhòuyǔ	violent wind and rainstorm; hurricane
风风雨雨	fēngfēngyǔyǔ	trials and tribulations; ups and downs
呼风唤雨	hūfēng-huànyǔ	to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers; fig. to stir up
大雨	dàyǔ	heavy rain
雨伞	yǔsǎn	umbrella
雨林	yǔlín	rainforest

Questions about 雨

What does 雨 mean?

雨 (yǔ) means "rain" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 雨?

雨 is made of 1 character: 雨 (8 strokes). That is 8 strokes in total.

Is 雨 an HSK word?

Yes. 雨 is on the HSK 1 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How do you say 'heavy rain' and 'light rain' in Chinese?

Heavy rain is 大雨 (dàyǔ) and light rain is 小雨 (xiǎoyǔ). You can say 下大雨了 (xià dàyǔ le) for 'it is pouring.' For a sudden violent downpour, 暴雨 (bàoyǔ) is common in weather reports.

Why do so many weather characters have 雨 on top?

雨 works as a component in many weather words, written in a flattened form at the top. You can see it in 雪 (xuě) snow, 雷 (léi) thunder, 霧 (wù) fog, and 電 (diàn) lightning. Spotting it is a good clue that a character relates to weather or water from the sky.