雷
léi
thunder
surname Lei; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)
rain (雨) + field (田) = thunder
The ancient form showed rain clouds with drumlike rumbles below — the fields beneath a storm captured the crack of thunder. Both components work semantically: rain brings the storm, and 田 likely echoes the round, drum-shaped thunderbolts in early pictographic versions.
外面打雷了，孩子们都有点害怕。
wài miàn dǎ léi le ， hái zi men dōu yǒu diǎn hài pà 。
It is thundering outside, and the children are all a little scared.
他说的话真的把我雷到了，我完全没想到。
tā shuō de huà zhēn de bǎ wǒ léi dào le ， wǒ wán quán méi xiǎng dào 。
What he said really astounded me — I had absolutely not expected it.
Words with 雷
雷亚尔
léi yà ěr
real (Brazilian currency) (loanword)
雷阵雨
léi zhèn yǔ
thundershower
暴跳如雷
bào tiào rú léi
to stamp with fury; to fly into a rage
爆雷
bào léi
(of a P2P lending platform) to collapse
苏克雷
sū kè léi
Sucre, constitutional capital of Bolivia
雷神
léi shén
god of thunder (Chinese Leigong 雷公[Lei2 gong1], Norse Thor 索爾|索尔[Suo3 er3], Greek Zeus 宙斯[Zhou4 si1] etc)
雷厉风行
léi lì fēng xíng
pass like thunder and move like the wind (idiom); swift and decisive reaction
坎特伯雷
kǎn tè bó léi
Canterbury
地雷
dì léi
land mine (CL:顆|颗[ke1])
布雷
bù léi
to lay mines
格雷
gé léi
Grey
雷峰塔
léi fēng tǎ
Leifeng Pagoda, by West Lake until it was destroyed (also from Madam White Snake)