打雷

dǎléi

verb HSK 4 #21,811

Meanings

1 to thunder
2 thunder is rumbling

Characters

to strike; to do

Literally strike thunder. The sky striking with thunder.

Examples

HSK 2

打雷的时候不要站在树下。

Dǎléi de shíhou bùyào zhàn zài shù xià.

Do not stand under a tree when it is thundering.

HSK 2

昨晚又打雷又下雨。

Zuówǎn yòu dǎléi yòu xiàyǔ.

Last night it was both thundering and raining.

HSK 3

外面打雷了。

Wàimiàn dǎléi le.

It is thundering outside.

Tips

grammar

又...又... means both...and... for simultaneous actions.

Stroke Order

打 dǎ

雷 léi