大暴雨 (dà bào yǔ) — heavy rainstorm; torrential rain; downpour

Definition

noun

heavy rainstormtorrential raindownpour

Measure word · 场

大暴雨。
Zuó tiān xià wǔ xià le sān xiǎo shí dà bào yǔ.
Yesterday afternoon it rained heavily for three hours.
大暴雨，。
dà bào yǔ Zhī hòu, jiē shàng dào chù dōu shì shuǐ.
After the torrential rain, the streets were covered with water everywhere.
大暴雨。
Qì xiàng tái fā bù le dà bào yǔ yù jǐng.
The weather station issued a heavy rainstorm warning.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

暴雨violent rain

偏正Modifier + head

大 adds intensity to the whole 暴雨, giving a very heavy rainstorm.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The earliest form paired 虎 and 戈, a tiger and a weapon. The later 暴 came from a picture of hands drying something in the sun.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape 雨 is an old picture of a cloud with rain drops falling from it; the top line was added later.