落雨

luòyǔ
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to rain

Examples

HSK 3
Wàimian luòyǔ le, dài bǎ sǎn ba.
It's raining outside; take an umbrella.
HSK 6
Guǎngzhōu de chūntiān jīngcháng luòyǔ, yīfu hěn nán liànggān.
It rains a lot in Guangzhou in spring, and laundry is hard to get dry.

Tips

register
The word of the south: Cantonese, Hakka, Min and Wu speakers all say it, and it also turns up in poetry and song lyrics. Standard Mandarin says 下雨. Snow works the same way: 落雪 beside 下雪.

Stroke Order

落 luò
雨 yǔ