RAIN    雨雨

WATER FALLING FROM CLOUDS.
RAINFALLPRECIPITATIONRAINDROPSWET WEATHERDRIZZLESHOWERRAINSTORMCLOUDBURSTTORRENTDOWNPOURDELUGESTORM
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general word for rain of any kind is yǔ 雨. 2. Lín 霖 refers to a lengthy period of rain or abundant rains of any kind.. 3. Fēng yǔ 風雨 refers to a rainstorm. 4. Léi yǔ 雷雨 refers to a thunderstorm.
Modern Chinese Criteria
下雨 雨 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
Hypernym
  • WATER　INTENSELY COMMON TRANSPARENT LIQUID LACKING TASTE which FILLS RIVERS AND the SEA. (anc: 6/0, child: 10)
  • LIQUID　SUBSTANCE which CAN FLOW. (anc: 5/0, child: 9)
  • SUBSTANCE　THING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS. (anc: 4/0, child: 28)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 1.75

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    RAIN

    pluvia refers to rain as a beneficial natural phenomenon.

    imber refers to rain as an unpleasant pheonomenon insofar as rain is attended by cold and stormy weather.

    nimbus refers to rain as unpleasant, insofar as it is attended with unpleasant cloudy weather.

  • Traite elementaire des synonymes grecques ( DUFOUR 1910) p. 145

  • Tolkovo-kombinatornyj slovar' sovremmenogo russkogo jazyka. Explanatory Combinatorial Dictionary of Modern Russian ( Mel'cuk 1984) p. 266ff

  • Handbuch der lateinischen und griechischen Synonymik ( SCHMIDT 1889) p. 57

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

    • Words (17 items)

    雨  yǔ OC: ɢʷraʔ MC: ɦi̯o 51 Attributions

    The general word for rain of any kind is yǔ 雨.

      Syntactic words
    • nabeventthe event of it raining
    • nadVanalogy(naturally) like the rain
    • nadVplacein the rain
    • nmOBI 3: rain 玆雨
    • nmrain waterCH
    • vito be rainy
    • vi0it is raining; it was raining (without subject)
    • viactcause it to rain
    • vichangeto become rainy
    • vt0oNit rains (e.g. locusts, snow, also: water)
    • vtoNcausativeread yù  cause to rain down > rain (cats and dogs, locusts, flowers etc)
    雨  yǔ MC: hjuX OC: ɢʷraʔ 15 Attributions

      Syntactic words
    • nmrainCH
    • vi0it was rainingDS
    • vi0+N{PLACE}yù: it rains on
    • vt0oNyù: rain (snow etc)
    • vtoNrain N
    • vtoNyù: cause it to rain NCH
    風雨  fēng yǔ OC: plum ɢʷraʔ MC: puŋ ɦi̯o 9 Attributions

    Fēng yǔ 風雨 refers to a rainstorm.

      Syntactic words
    • NPabeventthunderstorm
    • NPabgeneralwind, rain and the like: more generally also the weather conditions
    暴雨  bào yǔ OC: boowɡs ɢʷraʔ MC: bɑu ɦi̯o 6 Attributions

      Syntactic words
    • NPabprocessviolent rain
    天雨  tiān yǔ OC: lʰiin ɢʷraʔ MC: then ɦi̯o 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPmrain from heavenCH
    • VPiprocessit is raining
    霖  lín OC: ɡ-rɯm MC: lim 2 Attributions

    Lín 霖 refers to a lengthy period of rain or abundant rains of any kind..

      Syntactic words
    • nmcontinuous rain; rainy period (for at least three days)
    • vi0continuousrain continuously
    水潦  shuǐ lǎo OC: qhjulʔ ɡ-reewʔ MC: ɕi lɑu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPmrains (of the monsoon etc)
    霔  zhù OC: tjos MC: tɕi̯o 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vi0there is a shower
    • vifigurativerain forth
    雨水  yǔ shuǐ OC: ɢʷraʔ qhjulʔ MC: ɦi̯o ɕi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPmrain water
    霑潤  zhān rùn MC: trjem -- OC: krlem njuns 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPmthe moist rain-blessings (crucial for good harvest...)CH
    下大雨  xià dà yǔ OC: ɢraaʔ daads ɢʷraʔ MC: ɦɣɛ dɑi ɦi̯o 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPi0processrain heavily
    濛濛  měng měng MC: muwngX muwngX OC: mooŋʔ mooŋʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtdrizzleA
    零  líng OC: ɡ-reeŋ MC: leŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNdrizzling>falling (tears)
    霪  yín OC: lɯm MC: jim 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNabundant (rain) (also written 淫)
    雷雨  léi yǔ OC: ruul ɢʷraʔ MC: luo̝i ɦi̯o 0 Attributions

    Léi yǔ 雷雨 refers to a thunderstorm.

      Syntactic words
    霪雨  yín yǔ OC: lɯm ɢʷraʔ MC: jim ɦi̯o 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPtorrential rains
    潦  lǎo OC: ɡ-reewʔ MC: lɑu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nrain water