西北雨

Chinese

FWOTD – 7 April 2025

		northwest; summer shower; convectional rain	rain
trad. (西北雨)		西北	雨
simp. ^#(西北雨)		西北	雨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīběiyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄅㄟˇ ㄩˇ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sî-pet-yí
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sai¹ bah⁶ hou⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sai-pak-hō͘ / sai-pak-hǒ͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīběiyǔ [Phonetic: xībéiyǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄅㄟˇ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siběiyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: hsi¹-pei³-yü³
  - Yale: syī-běi-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shibeeiyeu
  - Palladius: сибэйюй (sibɛjjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sî-pet-yí
  - Hakka Romanization System: xi^ˊ bed^ˋ i^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ bed⁵ yi³
  - Sinological IPA: /si²⁴ pet̚² i³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sî-pet-yí
  - Hakka Romanization System: xi^ˊ bed^ˋ (r)i^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ bed⁵ yi³
  - Sinological IPA: /si²⁴ pet̚² (j)i³¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sai¹ bah⁶ hou⁵ [Phonetic: sai² ah⁴ hou⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sai-bah-hō
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬai⁵³³⁻¹³ ^(p-)aʔ²¹⁻⁴² hɔu¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sai¹ bah⁶ hou⁵ [Phonetic: sai² wah⁷ hou⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬai⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ ^(p-)βaʔ²⁻⁴ hɔu²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Sanxia, Yilan, Tainan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sai-pak-hō͘
  - Tâi-lô: sai-pak-hōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sai'pakho
  - IPA (Yilan): /sai⁴⁴⁻³³ pak̚²⁻⁵ hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sai⁴⁴⁻²² pak̚³²⁻⁵ hɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan): /sai⁴⁴⁻³³ pak̚³²⁻⁴ hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /sai⁴⁴⁻²² pak̚³²⁻⁵⁴ hɔ²²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sai⁴⁴⁻²² pak̚³²⁻⁴ hɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Lukang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sai-pak-hǒ͘
  - Tâi-lô: sai-pak-hǒo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sai³³ pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ hɔ²²/
  - IPA (Jinjiang): /sai³³ pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Lukang): /sai³³ pak̚⁵ hɔ³³/

Noun

西北雨

(Taiwan, southern Fujian) summer shower; convectional rain
- 1967, “西北雨直直落”, 葉明龍 (lyrics), 黃敏 (music):
  
  西北雨直直落，鯽仔魚欲娶某。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  西北雨直直落，鲫仔鱼欲娶某。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  Sai-pak-hō͘ ti̍t-ti̍t lo̍h, chit-á-hî beh chhōa-bó͘. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  The summer showers keep falling; the crucian carp wants to take a wife.
- 2014, 林美容, 李家愷, 《魔神仔的人類學想像》, Taipei: 五南圖書出版公司, →ISBN, page 227:
  
  在下毛毛雨或西北雨的天氣裡，環顧四周也常常是一片迷濛的狀態，身處在這種迷濛狀態的人們，也容易失去方向感，因此下雨的狀態與起霧的狀況其實有相近之處。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
  在下毛毛雨或西北雨的天气里，环顾四周也常常是一片迷蒙的状态，身处在这种迷蒙状态的人们，也容易失去方向感，因此下雨的状态与起雾的状况其实有相近之处。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]
  Zài xià máomáoyǔ huò xīběiyǔ de tiānqì lǐ, huángù sìzhōu yě chángcháng shì yī piàn míméng de zhuàngtài, shēnchǔ zài zhè zhǒng míméng zhuàngtài de rénmen, yě róngyì shīqù fāngxiànggǎn, yīncǐ xiàyǔ de zhuàngtài yǔ qǐwù de zhuàngkuàng qíshí yǒu xiāngjìn zhī chù. [Pinyin]
  In the climate of drizzles and summer showers, it is always in a misty condition when you look around, and people in these kinds of misty conditions easily lose their sense of direction; therefore, rainy conditions and foggy conditions do actually have some similarities.

Synonyms

熱雷雨 / 热雷雨 (rèléiyǔ)

Dialectal synonyms of 雷陣雨 (“thunder shower”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		雷陣雨
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	雷陣雨, 西北雨
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	雷陣雨
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	雷陣雨
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	雷陣雨
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	雷暴雨
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	雷雨
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	偏東雨, 雷陣雨
	Guiyang	雷陣雨
	Liuzhou	雷陣雨
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	雷陣雨, 雷雨, 雷暴雨
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	雷暴雨
Cantonese	Dongguan	雷陣雨
Gan	Pingxiang	雷陣雨
Hakka	Yudu	雷陣雨
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	風時雨
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	風時雨
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	西北雨
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	西北雨
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	西北雨
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	西北雨
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	西北雨
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	風時水
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	西北雨
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	風時雨
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	西北雨
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	西北雨
Jin	Taiyuan	忽雷雨
Jin	Xinzhou	忽雷雨
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	晡時雨
Eastern Min	Fuqing	晡時雨
Southern Min	Xiamen	西北雨, 西北, 方時雨
	Quanzhou	西北雨, 西北
	Zhangzhou	西北雨, 西北, 方時雨
	Taipei	西北雨
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	西北雨
	Kaohsiung	西北雨
	Yilan	西北雨
	Changhua (Lukang)	西北雨
	Taichung	西北雨
	Tainan	西北雨
	Hsinchu	西北雨
	Kinmen	西北雨
	Penghu (Magong)	西北雨
	Longyan	時雨
Puxian Min	Putian	西北雨, 西北
Puxian Min	Xianyou	西北雨, 西北
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	雷陣雨
Wu	Shanghai	雷陣雨
	Danyang	雷陣雨
	Hangzhou	雷陣雨
	Ningbo	雷雨, 雷陣雨
	Jinhua	天雷雨, 天雷猛雨 stronger
Xiang	Changsha	雷陣雨

References

“西北雨”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “西北雨”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 458.