喜雨

Chinese

		to be fond of; to like; to enjoy to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad	rain
trad. (喜雨)		喜	雨
simp. #(喜雨)		喜	雨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǐyǔ [Phonetic: xíyǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsi³-yü³
    • Yale: syǐ-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiiyeu
    • Palladius: сиюй (sijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² jyu⁵
    • Yale: héi yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ jyː¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: xiX hjuX

Rime
Character	喜	雨
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	虚里切	王矩切
Baxter	xiX	hjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨX/	/ɦɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨX/	/ɦioX/
Shao Rongfen	/xieX/	/ɣioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨX/	/ɦuə̆X/
Li Rong	/xiəX/	/ɣioX/
Wang Li	/xĭəX/	/ɣĭuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xiX/	/i̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xǐ	yǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei2	jyu5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰ(r)əʔ  C.ɢʷ(r)aʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰlɯʔ  ɢʷaʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	喜	雨
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xǐ	yǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ xiX ›	‹ hjuX ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰ(r)əʔ/	/*C.ɢʷ(r)aʔ/
English	joy; rejoice	rain
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	喜	雨
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	13416	15952
Phonetic component	喜	雨
Rime group	之	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	喜	羽
Old Chinese	/*qʰlɯʔ/	/*ɢʷaʔ/

Noun

喜雨

1. timely rain; seasonable rain; welcome rain after a prolonged drought

Synonyms

• 及時雨／及时雨 (jíshíyǔ)