下雨

xià yǔ

HSK 1Verb (动)

Basic Meaning

The subject of this verb is often the natural phenomenon '天 (sky)' or '天气 (weather)', but it can be omitted, forming a common impersonal statement like '下雨了' (It's raining). It's a separable verb, e.g., '下了一场雨' (it rained for a while).

(to) rain

水滴自大气中掉落到地球表面。

Synonyms:

降水降雨

Antonyms:

放晴

Sentences:

今(jīn)天(tiān)可(kě)能(néng)会(huì)下(xià)雨(yǔ)，你(nǐ)带(dài)伞(sǎn)了(le)吗(ma)？
It might rain today. Did you bring an umbrella?
突(tū)然(rán)下(xià)雨(yǔ)了(le)，我(wǒ)们(men)跑(pǎo)进(jìn)咖(kā)啡(fēi)馆(guǎn)躲(duǒ)雨(yǔ)。
It suddenly started raining, so we ran into the café to take shelter.
如(rú)果(guǒ)下(xià)午(wǔ)不(bù)下(xià)雨(yǔ)，我(wǒ)们(men)就(jiù)去(qù)公(gōng)园(yuán)。
If it doesn't rain this afternoon, we'll go to the park.

Characters Breakdown

down

rain