紅雨

Chinese

		red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular	rain
trad. (紅雨)		紅	雨
simp. (红雨)		红	雨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-yü³
    • Yale: húng-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngyeu
    • Palladius: хунъюй (xunʺjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ jyu⁵
    • Yale: hùhng yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ jyː¹³/

Etymology 1

Noun

紅雨

1. (figuratively) fallen flower petals; falling blossoms

Synonyms

• 落花 (luòhuā)
• 落英 (luòyīng)

Etymology 2

Short for 紅色暴雨／红色暴雨 in 紅色暴雨警告信號 (“red rainstorm warning signal”).

Noun

紅雨

1. (Hong Kong) red rainstorm warning signal

See also

• 黃雨／黄雨 (wong4 jyu5)
• 黑雨 (hak1 jyu5)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紅	雨
こう Grade: 6	う Grade: 1
kan'on	on'yomi

Noun

紅(こう)雨(う) • (kōu) 

1. rain shed from the flowers in spring
2. (figurative) falling red flowers