雷暴 (léi bào) — thunderstorm | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

thunderstorm

Measure word · 场

Examples

雷暴。
Zuó tiān xià wǔ yǒu yì chǎng léi bào.
There was a thunderstorm yesterday afternoon.
雷暴。
léi bào Tiān qì zuì hǎo bú yào chū mén.
It's best not to go out in thunderstorm weather.
雷暴。
Qì xiàng tái yù bào míng tiān huì yǒu léi bào.
The weather forecast says there will be a thunderstorm tomorrow.

Origin

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.

雷léithunder

雷 thunder and 暴 storm combine to mean a storm marked by thunder.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

雨雨yǔrain

Sound part声符shēngfú

畾

畾léi雷léi

Same sound today

The top 雨 (rain) points to the meaning, and the bottom 畾 gives the sound.

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

虎虎hǔtiger
戈戈gēweapon

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.

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