大雨

Chinese

 
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
rain
trad. (大雨) 大 雨
simp. #(大雨) 大 雨

Pronunciation


Noun

大雨

  1. heavy rain; downpour (Classifier: 場/场)
    下大雨  ―  xià dàyǔ  ―  (of heavy rain) to fall
    落大雨 [Cantonese]  ―  lok6 daai6 jyu5 [Jyutping]  ―  (of heavy rain) to fall

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大 雨
おお
Grade: 1
あめ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

/opoame/ → /oɸoame/ → /owoame/ → /ooame/ → /oːame/. Compound of 大 (ō, “big”) +‎ 雨 (ame, “rain”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おおあ​め [òóáꜜmè] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ːa̠me̞]

Noun

大(おお)雨(あめ) • (ōame) ←おほあめ (ofoame)?

  1. (weather) heavy rain, downpour

Noun

大雨(ひちさめ) • (hichisame) 

  1. (weather) drenching rains

Etymology 2

/hidisame/ → /hizisame/ [hidʑisame]. Cognate with 大雨 (hichisame).

Noun

大雨(ひじさめ) • (hijisame) ←ひぢさめ (fidisame)?

  1. (weather) drenching rains

Etymology 3

/hitisame/ → /hitame/. From 大雨 (hichisame).

Noun

大雨(ひため) • (hitame) ←ひため (fitame)?

  1. (weather) drenching rains

Etymology 4

/hitisame/ → /hisame/. From 大雨 (hichisame).

Noun

大雨(ひさめ) • (hisame) 

  1. (weather) drenching rains

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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