降雨 (jiàng yǔ) — (verb-object, formal) to have rainfall; precipi…

Definition

Formal/meteorological 'rainfall, precipitation' — a verb-object phrase (降 + 雨) used in forecasts and reports, more written than 下雨.

verb

(verb-object, formal) to have rainfallprecipitation (meteorological)

降雨。
Yù jì míng tiān quán shì jiāng yǒu jiàng yǔ.
It is forecast that there will be rainfall across the city tomorrow.
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Zhè ge dì qū nián píng jūn jiàng yǔ liàng wèi bā bǎi háo mǐ.
The average annual rainfall in this region is 800 millimeters.
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Zuó tiān yè lǐ jiàng le yì chǎng dà yǔ.
A heavy rain fell last night.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

降jiàngbring down

降 means to bring down and 雨 is rain, together describing rain falling.

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.

阝夅降

Meaning part形符xíngfú

阝Written in full as阜fùhill, wall

Sound part声符shēngfú

夅

夅jiàng降xiáng

Same sound today

降 pairs 阝 (a hill or wall, written in full as 阜) with 夅, a sound part meaning 'to descend'; together they picture descending a hill.

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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