雷雨

Chinese

		thunder	rain
trad. (雷雨)		雷	雨
simp. #(雷雨)		雷	雨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): léiyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴ jyu⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lûi-ú / lûi-í / lûi-hǒ͘ / lûi-hō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lui⁵ hou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: léiyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: léiyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: lei²-yü³
    • Yale: léi-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leiyeu
    • Palladius: лэйюй (lɛjjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁴ jyu⁵
    • Yale: lèuih yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹ jyː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûi-ú
    • Tâi-lô: luî-ú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lui'uo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lui²⁴⁻²² u⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lui²⁴⁻²² u⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûi-í
    • Tâi-lô: luî-í
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lui'ie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lui¹³⁻²² i⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûi-hǒ͘
    • Tâi-lô: luî-hǒo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lui²⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûi-hō͘
    • Tâi-lô: luî-hōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lui'ho
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lui¹³⁻²² hɔ²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lui²⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lui⁵ hou⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lûi hŏu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hou³⁵/

Noun

雷雨

1. thunderstorm (Classifier: 場／场 m)

Synonyms

• 雷暴 (léibào)

Dialectal synonyms of 雷陣雨 (“thunder shower”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		雷陣雨
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	雷陣雨, 西北雨
	Harbin	雷陣雨
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	雷陣雨
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	雷陣雨
	Xuzhou	雷暴雨
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	雷雨
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	偏東雨, 雷陣雨
	Guiyang	雷陣雨
	Liuzhou	雷陣雨
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	雷陣雨, 雷雨, 雷暴雨
	Yangzhou	雷暴雨
Cantonese	Dongguan	雷陣雨
Gan	Pingxiang	雷陣雨
Hakka	Yudu	雷陣雨
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	風時雨
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	風時雨
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	西北雨
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	西北雨
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	西北雨
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	西北雨
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	西北雨
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	風時水
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	西北雨
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	風時雨
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	西北雨
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	西北雨
Jin	Taiyuan	忽雷雨
	Xinzhou	忽雷雨
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	晡時雨
	Fuqing	晡時雨
Southern Min	Xiamen	西北雨, 西北, 方時雨
	Quanzhou	西北雨, 西北
	Zhangzhou	西北雨, 西北, 方時雨
	Taipei	西北雨
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	西北雨
	Kaohsiung	西北雨
	Yilan	西北雨
	Changhua (Lukang)	西北雨
	Taichung	西北雨
	Tainan	西北雨
	Hsinchu	西北雨
	Kinmen	西北雨
	Penghu (Magong)	西北雨
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	雷陣雨
Wu	Shanghai	雷陣雨
	Danyang	雷陣雨
	Hangzhou	雷陣雨
	Ningbo	雷雨, 雷陣雨
	Jinhua	天雷雨, 天雷猛雨 stronger
Xiang	Changsha	雷陣雨

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雷	雨
らい Grade: S	う Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

雷 (rai, “thunder”) +‎ 雨 (u, “rain”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ら​いう [ráꜜìù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾa̠iɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

雷(らい)雨(う) • (raiu) 

1. a thunderstorm

Korean

Hanja in this term
雷	雨

Noun

雷雨 • (noe'u) (hangeul 뇌우)

1. Hanja form^? of 뇌우 (“thunderstorm”).