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下雨
xiàyǔ
1. to rain
HSK 1 Very Common • Top 5%

Character Breakdown

下
xià
below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
HSK 1 3 丶
雨
yǔ
rain
HSK 1 8 丶

Example Sentences (4)

今天会下雨吗？
Jīntiān huì xià yǔ ma?
Will it rain today?
Text 2
好的。快要下雨了，你路上慢点儿。
Hǎo de. Kuài yào xià yǔ le, nǐ lù shang màn diǎnr.
Okay. It's about to rain; take it slow on the way.
Text 4
因为昨天下雨，所以我们都没去。我去游泳了。
Yīnwèi zuótiān xiàyǔ,suǒyǐ wǒmen dōu méi qù.Wǒ qù yóuyǒng le.
Because it rained yesterday, none of us went. I went swimming.
Text 3
今天不会下雨。
Jīntiān bú huì xià yǔ.
It won't rain today.
Text 2

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
3,910 of 84,292