黃雨

Chinese

		yellow	rain
trad. (黃雨)		黃	雨
simp. (黄雨)		黄	雨

Etymology

Short for 黃色暴雨／黄色暴雨 in 黃色暴雨警告信號 (“amber rainstorm warning signal”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huángyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huángyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huángyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-yü³
    • Yale: hwáng-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangyeu
    • Palladius: хуанъюй (xuanʺjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ jyu⁵
    • Yale: wòhng yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ jyː¹³/

Noun

黃雨

1. (Hong Kong) amber rainstorm warning signal

See also

• 紅雨／红雨 (hung4 jyu5)
• 黑雨 (hak1 jyu5)