Meaning
rain
Chinese: 雨、雨水;从云中降落的水。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “yu” becomes a different word in each tone. 雨 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 下雨xià yǔto rain
- 雨衣yǔ yīraincoat
- 暴雨bào yǔtorrential rain; rainstorm
- 雨水yǔ shuǐrainwater; rainfall; rain
- 风雨fēng yǔwind and rain; the elements; (fig.) trials and hardships
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Example Sentence
外面下起了大雨，记得带伞。Wài mian xià qǐ le dà yǔ, jì de dài sǎn.It started raining heavily outside; remember to bring an umbrella.
外面Wài mianoutside (also pr. for this下xiàbelow起qǐto rise了le(completed action)大雨dà yǔheavy rain，记得jì deto remember带dàiband伞sǎnumbrella。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
A pictograph: the top line is the sky, the frame is a cloud, and the dots are raindrops falling. It means ‘rain’ and tops many weather characters (雪, 雷, 云).
A way to remember it
Drops falling from a cloud under the sky — rain.
Easy to confuse with
- 雪‘Snow’: the rain top (雨) over a hand sweeping it — frozen rain.