雷鳴

See also: 雷鸣

Chinese

		thunder	to cry (of birds)
trad. (雷鳴)		雷	鳴
simp. (雷鸣)		雷	鸣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): léimíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴ ming⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lûi-bêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: léimíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: léimíng
    • Wade–Giles: lei²-ming²
    • Yale: léi-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leiming
    • Palladius: лэймин (lɛjmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁴ ming⁴
    • Yale: lèuih mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹ mɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûi-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: luî-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lui'beeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lui¹³⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lui²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/

Verb

雷鳴

1. to thunder; to be thunderous
2. to make very loud sounds

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
雷	鳴
らい Grade: S	めい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) らいめー [ràíméé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɾa̠ime̞ː]

Noun

雷(らい)鳴(めい) • (raimei) 

1. thunder, thunderclap

   Synonym: 雷 (kaminari)

See also

• 金剛(こんごう) (kongō): diamond; thunderbolt
• 稲妻(いなずま) (inazuma): lightning bolt
• 雷電(らいでん) (raiden): thunder and lightning
• 落雷(らくらい) (rakurai): thunderbolt

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
雷	鳴
かん Grade: S	な(り) Grade: 2
jukujikun	kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 雷鳴 – see the following entry.

【雷かんなり】S [noun] (rare, archaic) Same as かみなり (kaminari) above [proper noun] (rare, archaic) Short for 雷鳴の壺 (Kannari no Tsubo): one of the five buildings in the imperial palace in 平安京 (Heian-kyō), modern-day Kyoto Alternative spelling 雷鳴り

(This term, 雷鳴, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
雷	鳴

Noun

雷鳴 • (noemyeong) (hangeul 뇌명)

1. hanja form^? of 뇌명 (“thunder”)