作雨

作雨

Chinese

		to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make	rain
simp. and trad. (作雨)		作	雨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zok³ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zuòyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄩˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohyeu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòyǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡swɔ⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zok³ jyu⁵
    • Yale: jok yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁸ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zog³ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚³ jyː¹³/

Verb

作雨

1. (literary) to rain

Synonyms

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下雨 (xiàyǔ) 其雨 (qíyǔ) (literary) 落水 (luòshuǐ) (dialectal, including Cantonese, Hakka, Gan, Wu) 落雨 (luòyǔ) (literary or dialectal)

行雨 (xíngyǔ) (literary) 起雨 (qǐyǔ) (literary) 降雨 (jiàngyǔ) (formal)