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

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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    大禹
    大語 / 大语
    大雨
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:
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    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

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])^[1]
IPA^(key): [o̞ːa̠me̞]

Noun

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

(weather) heavy rain, downpour

Noun

大雨(ひちさめ) • (hichisame)

(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)^?}

(weather) drenching rains

Etymology 3

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

Noun

大雨(ひため) • (hitame) ^{←ひため (fitame)^?}

(weather) drenching rains

Etymology 4

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

Noun

大雨(ひさめ) • (hisame)

(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

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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