雨

rain

Mandarin → English

Example

一下雨，这条路就会堵车，所以大家都提前出门。

Whenever it rains, this road gets jammed with traffic, so everyone leaves early.

Pronunciation: Yí xià yǔ, zhè tiáo lù jiù huì dǔ-chē, suǒ-yǐ dà-jiā dōu tí-qián chū-mén.

Grammar: 雨 (yǔ) is a noun meaning “rain,” but it often appears in verb-like patterns such as 下雨 (to rain). In 一下雨, 下 is a verb (“to fall”), and 雨 is its object.

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