阴雨

陰雨
yīnyǔ
adjective #35,779

Meanings

  1. 1 overcast and rainy
  2. 2 (of weather) gloomy with rain

Examples

Liánxù yīnyǔ yī zhōu, yīfu dōu shài bù gān.
It's been overcast and rainy for a whole week — even the laundry won't dry.
Nánfāng de méiyǔjì yīnyǔ liánmián.
Southern China's plum-rain season brings unbroken overcast and rain.

Tips

usage
Often appears in the four-character phrase 阴雨连绵 (yīnyǔ liánmián, 'overcast-and-rainy unbroken'), the standard weather-report way to describe a long gloomy stretch.
memory
(yīn, 'shade/overcast') is the same yin as in 阴阳 (yīn yáng, 'yin-yang') — when the sun is hidden, you've got 阴雨.

Stroke Order

yīn