雨
yǔ
rain
CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]
a picture of 雨 → a cloud with raindrops falling beneath it
The horizontal line at the top represents the sky or a cloud, and the four dots hanging below it are individual raindrops falling down. The outer frame encloses the whole scene, like a sky stretched overhead.
外面在下雨，你带伞了吗？
wài miàn zài xià yǔ，nǐ dài sǎn le ma？
It is raining outside, did you bring an umbrella?
昨天的雨下了很长时间，路上都是水。
zuó tiān de yǔ xià le hěn cháng shí jiān，lù shàng dōu shì shuǐ。
Yesterday's rain fell for a very long time, the road was all water.
Words with 雨
风雨飘摇
fēng yǔ piāo yáo
tossed about by the wind and rain (idiom)
烟雨
yān yǔ
misty rain
雨衣
yǔ yī
raincoat
雷阵雨
léi zhèn yǔ
thundershower
暴风雨
bào fēng yǔ
rainstorm
未雨绸缪
wèi yǔ chóu móu
lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经); fig. to plan ahead
泪如雨下
lèi rú yǔ xià
tears falling like rain (idiom)
风雨同舟
fēng yǔ tóng zhōu
lit. in the same boat under wind and rain (idiom); fig. to stick together in hard times
呼风唤雨
hū fēng huàn yǔ
to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers
豪雨
háo yǔ
violent rain (e.g. due to monsoon or typhoon)
翻云覆雨
fān yún fù yǔ
to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground
雨后春笋
yǔ hòu chūn sǔn
lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth