下雨
xiàyǔ
to rain
Part of speech · verb
Pattern visualization
下below
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雨rain
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3 strokes · 2.0s
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Examples
- 今天下雨。It's raining today.
- 下了一天雨。Rained all day.
Collocations
下雨了下大雨下雨天
Mnemonic
下雨 xiàyǔ "to rain" — 下 (descend) + 雨 (rain). Separable: 下了一天雨. Pattern "下 + precipitation": 下雨, 下雪, 下雾. Japanese 雨が降る uses different verb structure.
Quick check
"It snows"?