行雨

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	rain
trad. (行雨)		行	雨
simp. #(行雨)		行	雨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíngyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄩˇ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíngyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síngyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsing²-yü³
    • Yale: syíng-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngyeu
    • Palladius: синъюй (sinʺjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

行雨

1. (literary) to rain

Synonyms

edit

• 下雨 (xiàyǔ)
• 作雨 (zuòyǔ) (literary)
• 其雨 (qíyǔ) (literary)
• 篩 / 筛 (shāi) (literary)
• 落雨 (luòyǔ) (literary or dialectal)
• 起雨 (qǐyǔ) (literary)
• 降雨 (jiàngyǔ) (formal)

Noun

行雨

1. (literary, figuratively) beautiful woman; beauty; lovely lady
2. (rare) scattered showers

   • 翠翠為了不能忘記那件事，上年一個端午又同祖父到城邊河街去看了半天船，一切玩得正好時，突然落了行雨，無人衣衫不被雨濕透。 [MSC, trad.]
     翠翠为了不能忘记那件事，上年一个端午又同祖父到城边河街去看了半天船，一切玩得正好时，突然落了行雨，无人衣衫不被雨湿透。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1934, 沈從文 (Shen Congwen),《邊城》Chapter Five, translation based on Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang's version

     Cuìcuì wèile bùnéng wàngjì nà jiàn shì, shàngnián yīge duānwǔ yòu tóng zǔfù dào chéng biān héjiē qù kàn le bàntiān chuán, yīqiè wán de zhènghǎo shí, tūrán luò le xíngyǔ, wúrén yīshān bù bèi yǔ shītòu. [Pinyin]

     Under the spell of this memory, she went to the river to watch the dragon-boat race last year; but just when everything was most exciting, it started to rain and everybody was soaked.

Synonyms

(beauty):

edit

• 佳人 (jiārén)
• 佳麗 / 佳丽 (jiālì) (literary)
• 出水芙蓉 (chūshuǐfúróng) (figurative)
• 嫭 (hù) (literary)
• 嬌 / 娇 (jiāo)
• 紅顏 / 红颜 (hóngyán) (literary, figurative)
• 美人 (měirén)
• 美女 (měinǚ)
• 靚女 / 靓女 (chiefly Cantonese)
• 麗人 / 丽人 (lìrén) (literary)

See also

• 雲雨／云雨 (yúnyǔ)