雨声 (yǔ shēng) — sound of rain | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

sound of rain

雨声。
Wǎn shàng wǒ cháng cháng tīng zhe yǔ shēng shuì jiào.
I often fall asleep listening to the sound of rain at night.
雨声，。
yǔ shēng Yuè lái yuè dà, wǒ men zhǐ hǎo qǔ xiāo le chū mén de jì huà.
The sound of rain grew louder and louder, so we had to cancel our outing plans.
雨声，。
Wǒ xǐ huan zài yǔ shēng zhōng dú shū, gǎn jué hěn ān jìng.
I like reading in the sound of rain; it feels very peaceful.

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.

雨 and 声 together name the sound made by rain.

Characters in this word

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.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 聲; 声 is its simplified writing.

殸耳聲

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

殸

殸qìng聲shēng

Same sound today

The traditional form 聲 pairs 耳 (ear) with 殸 as a sound part; the simplified 声 is a shorthand and does not show those original parts.