大雨

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	rain
trad. (大雨)		大	雨
simp. ^#(大雨)		大	雨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ jyu⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): 'tai⁵ y³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thai-yí

(Meixian, Guangdong): tai⁴ yi³
Jin (Wiktionary): da³ y²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tōa-hō͘ / tōa-hǒ͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): dua⁷ hou⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶du-yu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-yü³
  - Yale: dà-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahyeu
  - Palladius: даюй (dajuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    大禹
    大語／大语
    大雨
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ jyu⁵
  - Yale: daaih yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² jyː¹³/
  - Homophones:
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    大禹
    大語／大语
    大雨
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'tai⁵ y³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈtʰai¹¹ y²¹³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-yí
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai i^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ yi³
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ i³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-yí
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai (r)i^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ yi³
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ (j)i³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: tai⁴ yi³
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰaɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ i³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: da³ y²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ta⁴⁵ y⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-hō͘
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-hōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxho
  - IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ hɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-hǒ͘
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-hǒo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² hɔ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dua⁷ hou⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuā hŏu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tua¹¹ hou³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶du-yu
  - MiniDict: du^去 yu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³du-hhy
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /du²² ɦy⁴⁴/

Noun

大雨

heavy rain; downpour (Classifier: 場／场)
下大雨 ― xià dàyǔ ― (of heavy rain) to fall

落大雨 [Cantonese] ― lok⁶ daai⁶ jyu⁵ [Jyutping] ― (of heavy rain) to fall

Synonyms

(Taishanese) 大水
(Hokkien) 大陣雨／大阵雨, 兇狂雨／凶狂雨

Coordinate terms

小雨 (xiǎoyǔ)
中雨 (zhōngyǔ)

Derived terms

傾盆大雨／倾盆大雨 (qīngpéndàyǔ)
大雨傾盆／大雨倾盆 (dàyǔqīngpén)
大雨如注 (dàyǔrúzhù)
滂沱大雨 (pāngtuódàyǔ)
瓢潑大雨／瓢泼大雨 (piáopō dàyǔ)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大	雨
おお Grade: 1	あめ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

/opoame/ → /oɸoame/ → /owoame/ → /ooame/ → /oːame/. Compound of 大 (ō, “big”) +‎ 雨 (ame, “rain”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おおあめ [òóáꜜmè] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [o̞ːa̠me̞]

Noun

大(おお)雨(あめ) • (ōame) ^{←おほあめ (ofoame)^?}

(weather) heavy rain, downpour

Noun

大雨(ひちさめ) • (hichisame)

(weather) drenching rains

Etymology 2

/hidisame/ → /hizisame/ [hidʑisame]. Cognate with 大雨 (hichisame).

Noun

大雨(ひじさめ) • (hijisame) ^{←ひぢさめ (fidisame)^?}

(weather) drenching rains

Etymology 3

/hitisame/ → /hitame/. From 大雨 (hichisame).

Noun

大雨(ひため) • (hitame) ^{←ひため (fitame)^?}

(weather) drenching rains

Etymology 4

/hitisame/ → /hisame/. From 大雨 (hichisame).

Noun

大雨(ひさめ) • (hisame)

(weather) drenching rains
- 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 1, page 25:
  霈 [...] 日本記云、大雨、比佐女 雨氷、上同
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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