暴风雨 (bào fēng yǔ) — rainstorm; tempest

Definition

noun

rainstormtempest

Measure word · 场

暴风雨，。
Yì chǎng bào fēng yǔ jí jiāng lái lín, dà jiā kuài huí jiā ba.
A rainstorm is coming; everyone hurry home.
暴风雨，。
bào fēng yǔ Guò hòu, tiān kōng chū xiàn le měi lì de cǎi hóng.
After the rainstorm, a beautiful rainbow appeared in the sky.
，暴风雨。
Yǎn jiǎng jié shù shí, tái xià xiǎng qǐ le bào fēng yǔ bān de zhǎng shēng.
At the end of the speech, thunderous applause erupted from the audience.

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.

风雨wind and rain

联合Coordinate

The word combines 暴 meaning violent with 风雨 meaning wind and rain, so it denotes a violent wind-and-rain storm.

Characters in this word

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.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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.

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