雷鳴

See also: 雷鸣

Chinese

		thunder	to cry (of birds)
trad. (雷鳴)		雷	鳴
simp. (雷鸣)		雷	鸣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): léimíng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴ ming⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lûi-bêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: léimíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: léimíng
  - Wade–Giles: lei²-ming²
  - Yale: léi-míng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leiming
  - Palladius: лэймин (lɛjmin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵ miŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: leoi⁴ ming⁴
  - Yale: lèuih mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴ ming⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴ ming⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹ mɪŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûi-bêng
  - Tâi-lô: luî-bîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lui'beeng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lui¹³⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lui²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/

Verb

雷鳴

to thunder; to be thunderous
to make very loud sounds

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
雷	鳴
らい Grade: S	めい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) らいめー [ràíméé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɾa̠ime̞ː]

Noun

雷(らい)鳴(めい) • (raimei)

thunder, thunderclap
Synonyms: 雷 (kaminari), 雷音 (raion)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
雷	鳴
かん Grade: S	な(り) Grade: 2
jukujikun	kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 雷鳴 – see the following entry.

【雷かんなり】S

[noun] (rare, archaic) Same as かみなり (kaminari) above

[proper noun] (rare, archaic) short for 雷鳴の壺 (Kannari no Tsubo): one of the five buildings in the imperial palace in 平安京 (Heian-kyō), modern-day Kyoto

Alternative spelling
雷鳴り

(This term, 雷鳴, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
雷	鳴

Noun

雷鳴 • (noemyeong) (hangeul 뇌명)

hanja form^? of 뇌명 (“thunder”)

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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