梅雨

Japanese

Kanji in this term
梅	雨

Wikipedia

Etymology

梅 (plum) + 雨 (rain)

plums ripen in the spring, when it is rainy

Noun

梅雨 (hiragana つゆ or ばいう, romaji tsuyu or baiu)

1. East Asian rainy season

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
梅雨

Etymology

梅 (plum) + 雨 (rain)

plums ripen in the spring, when it is rainy

Noun

梅雨 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin méiyǔ)

1. East Asian rainy season

References

• East Asian rainy season on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:East Asian rainy season
• "梅雨" (in Mandarin), Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2008-04-01.
• 2007, Hanyu Da Cidian 3.0 (in Mandarin), Hong Kong: Commercial Press, ISBN 9789620702778: