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雷鸣 (léi míng) — thunderous; extremely loud (of sounds)

Definition

verb
thunderousextremely loud (of sounds)

Examples

  • 雷鸣。
    Huì chǎng lǐ xiǎng qǐ le léi míng bān de zhǎng shēng.
    Thunderous applause broke out in the venue.
  • 雷鸣。
    Wài miàn léi míng de shēng yīn ràng rén shuì bù zháo.
    The thunderous sound outside keeps people awake.
  • 雷鸣。
    léi míng Bān de jù xiǎng zhèn dé chuāng hu zhí xiǎng.
    The thunderous loud noise made the windows rattle.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

雷léithunder
鸣míngring

雷 is thunder and 鸣 is to ring, so thunder rings, describing an extremely loud sound.

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.

Open 雷 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 鳴; 鸣 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 鳴 combines 口 (mouth) and 鳥 (bird) to show a bird crying.

Open 鸣 →
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