作雨

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zok³ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-yü³
    • Yale: dzwò-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohyeu
    • Palladius: цзоюй (czojuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • 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

• 下雨 (xiàyǔ)
• 其雨 (qíyǔ) (literary)
• 篩／筛 (shāi) (literary)
• 落雨 (luòyǔ) (literary or dialectal)
• 行雨 (xíngyǔ) (literary)
• 起雨 (qǐyǔ) (literary)
• 降雨 (jiàngyǔ) (formal)