梅雨

Chinese

simpl. and trad.
梅雨

Etymology

梅 (plum) + 雨 (rain)

plums ripen in the spring, when it is rainy

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méiyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: méiyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄩˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meiyeu
    • IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: mui⁴ jyu⁵
    • Yale: mùih yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ jy⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹ jyː¹³/
    • Homophones: Add homophones

Noun

梅雨

1. East Asian rainy season

References

• East Asian rainy season on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:East Asian rainy season

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
梅	雨
Grade: 4	Grade: 1
Irregular

Wikipedia

Etymology

梅 (plum) + 雨 (rain)

plums ripen in the spring, when it is rainy

Noun

梅雨 (hiragana つゆ, romaji tsuyu)

1. East Asian rainy season

Kanji in this term
梅	雨
ばい Grade: 4	う Grade: 1
on'yomi

梅雨 (hiragana ばいう, romaji baiu)

1. East Asian rainy season

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Korean

Hanja in this word
梅	雨

Noun

梅雨 (mae-u) (hangeul 매우)

1. Hanja form^? of 매우, “East Asian rainy season”.