阴雨

陰雨

yīnyǔ

adjective #35,779

Meanings

HSK 4

连续阴雨一周，衣服都晒不干。

Liánxù yīnyǔ yì zhōu, yīfu dōu shài bù gān.

It's been overcast and rainy for a whole week - even the laundry won't dry.

HSK 7-9

南方的梅雨季阴雨连绵。

Nánfāng de méiyǔ jì yīnyǔ liánmián.

Southern China's plum-rain season brings unbroken overcast and rain.

usage

Often appears in the four-character phrase 阴雨连绵 ('overcast-and-rainy unbroken'), the standard weather-report way to describe a long gloomy stretch.

memory

阴 ('shade/overcast') is the same yin as in 阴阳 ('yin-yang') - when the sun is hidden, you've got 阴雨.

阴 yīn

雨 yǔ