雷鳴

雷鳴

See also: 雷鸣

Chinese

		thunder	to cry (of birds)
trad. (雷鳴)		雷	鳴
simp. (雷鸣)		雷	鸣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): léimíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴ ming⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): lûi-bêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: léimíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leiming
    • IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁴ ming⁴
    • Yale: lèuih mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴ ming⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹ mɪŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûi-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: luî-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lui'beeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lui¹³⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lui²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/

Verb

雷鳴

1. to be thunderous
2. to make very loud sounds

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
雷	鳴
らい Grade: S	めい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) らいめー [ràíméé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɾa̠ime̞ː]

Noun

雷鳴 (hiragana らいめい, rōmaji raimei)

1. thunder, thunderclap

Synonyms

• かみなり (kaminari)
• 雷
• 電

See also

• 金 (こん)剛 (ごう) (kongō): diamond; thunderbolt
• 稲妻 (いなずま) (inazuma): lightning bolt
• 雷電 (らいでん) (raiden): thunder and lightning
• 落雷 (らくらい) (rakurai): thunderbolt

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN