起雨

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	rain
trad. (起雨)		起	雨
simp. #(起雨)		起	雨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐyǔ [Phonetic: qíyǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-yü³
    • Yale: chǐ-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiiyeu
    • Palladius: циюй (cijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

起雨

1. (literary) to rain

Synonyms

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• 下雨 (xiàyǔ)
• 作雨 (zuòyǔ) (literary)
• 其雨 (qíyǔ) (literary)
• 篩／筛 (shāi) (literary)
• 落雨 (luòyǔ) (literary or dialectal)
• 行雨 (xíngyǔ) (literary)
• 降雨 (jiàngyǔ) (formal)