rain in Chinese

How to write 雨

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雨 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 1. The beginner band covers the first, most essential words every learner needs.

雨 in a sentence

• 今jīn天tiān有yǒu雨yǔ。

  It will rain today.

• 外wài面miàn在zài下xià雨yǔ。

  It is raining outside.

• 雨yǔ下xià得dé很hěn大dà。

  It's raining heavily.

• 明míng天tiān可kě能néng会huì下xià雨yǔ。

  It might rain tomorrow.

雨 vs 下雨 vs 雪

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 下雨 xià yǔ to rain

  The verb phrase — 'falls rain': 下雨了 'it's raining'. 雨 alone is the noun.

• 雪 xuě snow

  The other precipitation — 下雪 'to snow'. Same 下 'falls' frame.