大雨

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	rain
trad. (大雨)		大	雨
simp. #(大雨)		大	雨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ jyu⁵
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'tai⁵ y³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thai-yí

  (Meixian, Guangdong): tai⁴ yi³

• Jin (Wiktionary): da³ y²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-hō͘ / tōa-hǒ͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dua⁷ hou⁶

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶du-yu / ²dou₈-yu₆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-yü³
    • Yale: dà-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahyeu
    • Palladius: даюй (dajuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ jyu⁵
    • Yale: daaih yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² jyː¹³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 大禹 大語 / 大语 大雨

• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'tai⁵ y³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈtʰai¹¹ y²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-yí
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai i^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ yi³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ i³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-yí
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai (r)i^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ yi³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ (j)i³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tai⁴ yi³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰaɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ i³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: da³ y²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ta⁴⁵ y⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-hō͘
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-hōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxho
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ hɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ hɔ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ hɔ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-hǒ͘
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-hǒo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² hɔ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dua⁷ hou⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuā hŏu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tua¹¹ hou³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶du-yu
    • MiniDict: du^去 yu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³du-hhy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /du²² ɦy⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ²dou₈-yu₆
    • MiniDict: dou^入 yu^去
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /dəu²² ɦy³³/

Noun

大雨

1. heavy rain; downpour (Classifier: 場／场)

   下大雨  ―  xià dàyǔ  ―  (of heavy rain) to fall

   落大雨 [Cantonese]  ―  lok⁶ daai⁶ jyu⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  (of heavy rain) to fall

Synonyms

• (Taishanese) 大水
• (Hokkien) 大陣雨／大阵雨, 兇狂雨／凶狂雨

Coordinate terms

• 小雨 (xiǎoyǔ)
• 中雨 (zhōngyǔ)

Derived terms

• 傾盆大雨 / 倾盆大雨 (qīngpéndàyǔ)
• 大雨傾盆 / 大雨倾盆 (dàyǔqīngpén)
• 大雨如注 (dàyǔrúzhù)
• 大雨如瀉 / 大雨如泻
• 大雨滂沱 (dàyǔpāngtuó)
• 滂沱大雨 (pāngtuódàyǔ)
• 瓢潑大雨 / 瓢泼大雨 (piáopō dàyǔ)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大	雨
おお Grade: 1	あめ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

/opoame/ → /oɸoame/ → /owoame/ → /ooame/ → /oːame/. Compound of 大 (ō, “big”) +‎ 雨 (ame, “rain”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おおあめ [òóáꜜmè] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːa̠me̞]

Noun

大(おお)雨(あめ) • (ōame) ^{←おほあめ (ofoame)?}

1. (weather) heavy rain, downpour

Noun

大雨(ひちさめ) • (hichisame) 

1. (weather) drenching rains

Etymology 2

/hidisame/ → /hizisame/ [hidʑisame]. Cognate with 大雨 (hichisame).

Noun

大雨(ひじさめ) • (hijisame) ^{←ひぢさめ (fidisame)?}

1. (weather) drenching rains

Etymology 3

/hitisame/ → /hitame/. From 大雨 (hichisame).

Noun

大雨(ひため) • (hitame) ^{←ひため (fitame)?}

1. (weather) drenching rains

Etymology 4

/hitisame/ → /hisame/. From 大雨 (hichisame).

Noun

大雨(ひさめ) • (hisame) 

1. (weather) drenching rains
   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 1, page 25:

     霈 [...] 日本記云、大雨、比佐女 雨氷、上同

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.