雨声

雨聲

yǔshēng

noun #33,150

Meanings

1 the sound of rain
2 rain's pattering

Characters

Examples

夜深了,只听见窗外的雨声。

Yè shēn le, zhǐ tīngjiàn chuāng wài de yǔshēng.

It's late at night; all I can hear is the sound of rain outside the window.

她伴着雨声睡着了。

Tā bàn zhe yǔshēng shuìzháo le.

She fell asleep to the sound of rain.

Tips

culture

A staple image of classical Chinese poetry. Meng Haoran's (孟浩然) 《春晓》: "夜来风雨声,花落知多少" ("Last night I heard the wind and rain — how many blossoms have fallen?") is the line every Chinese child memorizes in elementary school. The compound is built like other simple sound-words: 风声 wind's sound, 钟声 bell's sound, 笑声 sound of laughter.

Stroke Order

雨 yǔ

声 shēng