悶雷

Chinese

		melancholy; smother; stuffy	thunder
trad. (悶雷)		悶	雷
simp. (闷雷)		闷	雷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): mènléi

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˋ ㄌㄟˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): men⁴ nui²
Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁶ leoi⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): būn-lûi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mènléi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˋ ㄌㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mènléi
  - Wade–Giles: mên⁴-lei²
  - Yale: mèn-léi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mennlei
  - Palladius: мэньлэй (mɛnʹlɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən⁵¹ leɪ̯³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: men⁴ nui²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: menlui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən²¹³ nuei²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mun⁶ leoi⁴
  - Yale: muhn lèuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁶ loey⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mun⁶ lêu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn²² lɵy̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: būn-lûi
  - Tâi-lô: būn-luî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: buxnluii
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bun⁴¹⁻²² lui²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bun²²⁻²¹ lui²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun²²⁻²¹ lui¹³/

Noun

悶雷

muffled thunder
Synonym: 甕雷 / 瓮雷 (ong⁴ nui²) (Sichuanese)
(figurative) unpleasant surprise; shock