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

外面打雷了。

Wàimiàn dǎ léi le.

It is thundering outside.

打雷的时候不要站在树下。

Dǎ léi de shíhou bú yào zhàn zài shù xià.

Do not stand under a tree when it is thundering.

昨晚又打雷又下雨。

Zuó wǎn yòu dǎ léi yòu xià yǔ.

Last night it was both thundering and raining.

Tips

grammar

又...又... (yòu...yòu...) means both...and... for simultaneous actions.

Stroke Order

打 dǎ

雷 léi