悶雷

Chinese

		melancholy; smother; stuffy	thunder
trad. (悶雷)		悶	雷
simp. (闷雷)		闷	雷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): mènléi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˋ ㄌㄟˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): men⁴ nui²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁶ leoi⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): būn-lûi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mènléi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˋ ㄌㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mènléi
    • Wade–Giles: mên⁴-lei²
    • Yale: mèn-léi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mennlei
    • Palladius: мэньлэй (mɛnʹlɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən⁵¹ leɪ̯³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: men⁴ nui²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: menlui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən²¹³ nuei²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mun⁶ leoi⁴
    • Yale: muhn lèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁶ loey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mun⁶ lêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn²² lɵy̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: būn-lûi
    • Tâi-lô: būn-luî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: buxnluii
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun⁴¹⁻²² lui²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bun²²⁻²¹ lui²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun²²⁻²¹ lui¹³/

Noun

悶雷

1. muffled thunder

   Synonym: 甕雷 / 瓮雷 (ong⁴ nui²) (Sichuanese)

2. (figurative) unpleasant surprise; shock