Chinese Word of the Day
打雷dǎ léi
thunder
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 打雷 | dǎléi | |
| 1. v. (impersonal) to rumble with thunder; to thunder | ||
| 外面 打雷 了。 - It's thundering outside. | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| thunder | ||
| 1. 雷；轰隆声 | ||
| 2. 美國職籃(NBA)奧克拉荷馬'''''雷霆隊'''''(Oklahoma City Thunder)。 | ||
| Components | ||
| 打 | dǎ | |
| 1. to hit; to strike; to slap; to beat | ||
| 別 打 人。 - Don't hit people. | ||
| 打 蚊子 - to swat mosquitoes | ||
| 把 飛機 打 下來 - to shoot down an airplane | ||
| )” means “to beat (擊)”. Belongs to hand radical (手) and is pronounced like 丁 (*teŋ)., ref=Shuowen | ||
| 2. to play the drums | ||
| 3. 打 鼓 - to play the drums | ||
| 4. to fight; to attack | ||
| 打架 - to come to blows; to fight | ||
| 二戰 德國 為什麼 要 打 蘇聯？ - In World War II, why did Germany attack the Soviet Union? | ||
| 5. the act of beating up | ||
| 他 挨 了 一 頓 打。 - He was beaten up. | ||
| 6. (Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to:) | ||
| 7. to perform (a martial art) | ||
| 8. 打 太極拳 - to perform Tai Chi | ||
| 9. to get; to fetch | ||
| 10. 打 水 - to get water | ||
| 11. to buy (meat, soy sauce, oil, etc. at a grocery store) | ||
| 12. 打.醬油 - to buy soy sauce | ||
| 13. to guess; (the riddle) is about | ||
| 14. 打 一 人物 - to guess a person | ||
| 15. to make (a gesture, signal, etc.) | ||
| 16. 打 招呼 - to say hello | ||
| 17. 打呵欠 - to yawn | ||
| 18. 打 右燈 - to put on the right turn signal (when driving) | ||
| 19. to fabricate; to build | ||
| 20. 打 刀 - to make a knife | ||
| 21. 打 牆 - to build a wall | ||
| 22. 打 毛衣 - to knit a sweater | ||
| 23. to stir | ||
| 24. 打 算盤 - to calculate with an abacus | ||
| 25. 打 方向盤 - to turn a steering wheel | ||
| 26. 打 蛋daan6-2 - to whip an egg | ||
| 27. to break | ||
| 28. 我 把 暖壺 打 了。 - I broke the vacuum flask. | ||
| 29. 碗 打 了 - the bowl was broken by someone/something | ||
| 30. 雞飛蛋打 - having lost everything | ||
| 31. to open | ||
| 32. 打 帳子 - to open (or set up) the bed curtains | ||
| 33. 打開 - to open | ||
| 34. to dig | ||
| 35. 打 井 - to dig a well | ||
| 36. to send or call | ||
| 37. 打 電報 - to send a telegraph | ||
| 38. 打.電話 - to call on the telephone | ||
| 39. 打 手機 - to call on the cellphone | ||
| 40. 到 咗 機場 就 打 畀 我。 - Call me when you arrive at the airport. | ||
| 41. 對不bu起，打 錯 了。 - Sorry, I got the wrong number. | ||
| 42. to pump (a tire, etc.); to inject | ||
| 43. 打 氣 - to pump air into something | ||
| 44. 打 疫苗 - to give a vaccine | ||
| 45. 打 顯影劑 - to inject IV contrast - | ||
| 46. (involving gunpowder) to fire off; to set off; to attack | ||
| 47. 打 槍 - to fire a gun (mainly used in China) | ||
| 48. 打 炮仗zhang - to set off a firecracker | ||
| 49. (vulgar) to perform sexual activity | ||
| 50. 打炮 - to have sex | ||
| 51. 打手槍 - to masturbate | ||
| 52. to gather | ||
| 53. 打成一片 - to get along well with everyone else | ||
| 54. to attach | ||
| 55. 打.蠟 - to wax | ||
| 56. 打 補丁 - to patch up | ||
| 57. to lift | ||
| 58. 打 燈籠 - to carry a lighted lantern | ||
| 59. to bite (said of insects that eat books, clothes) | ||
| 60. to write | ||
| 61. 打 證明 - to write out a testimonial | ||
| 62. 打 介紹信 - to write a recommendation letter | ||
| 63. to paint; to stamp | ||
| 64. 打 格子 - to draw a grid | ||
| 65. 打 郵戳 - to postmark | ||
| 66. (computer) to type | ||
| 67. 「啲\od的i1」 字 點 打daa2？ - How do you type "(m, zh, 啲, o的"?) | ||
| 68. to display (text, an image, etc.) | ||
| 69. 屏幕 上 打 出 兩 行háng 字。 - Two lines of text display on the screen. | ||
| 70. to use (a computer, usually for entertainment) | ||
| 71. 打 電腦 - to use a computer | ||
| 72. to play (a video game or console) | ||
| 73. 打 電動 - to play video game | ||
| 74. to play (a sport involving balls with hand) | ||
| 75. 打 壁球 - to play squash | ||
| 76. 打 一 場 輸 一 場 - play a round and lose a round | ||
| 77. 打波 - to play a ball game | ||
| 78. to play (mahjong or poker, etc.) | ||
| 79. 打 麻雀zoek3-2 - to play mahjong | ||
| 80. 打 撲pú克kèr - to play poker, M-UIB | ||
| 81. 打牌 - to play cards or mahjong | ||
| 82. to tie (attention, zh, only refers to tying specific types of things?) | ||
| 83. 打 領結 - to tie a bowtie | ||
| 84. 打 煲呔 - to tie a bowtie | ||
| 85. to reduce | ||
| 86. 打.價 - to bargain | ||
| 87. to remove | ||
| 88. 打.蟲 - to kill insects | ||
| 89. to stop | ||
| 90. 打住 - to stop | ||
| 91. to mark, to attach | ||
| 92. 打 個 標籤 - to tag | ||
| 93. (Cantonese) to correspond to; to be associated with | ||
| 雷 | léi | |
| 1. lightning | ||
| 避雷針 - lightning rod | ||
| 雷擊 - lightning strike | ||
| 2. thunder; sound caused by lightning | ||
| 3. 電閃雷鳴 - thunderstormy | ||
| 4. (military, weaponry in compounds) explosive device | ||
| 魚雷 - torpedo | ||
| 手雷 - grenade | ||
| 5. mine; land mine or naval mine | ||
| 6. 雷區 - minefield | ||
| 7. 排雷 - to demine | ||
| 8. (colloquial) to astonish; to shock | ||
| 9. (colloquial) astonishment; surprise | ||
| 內容 有 雷 - (slang) shocking content ahead | ||
| 10. Short for 雷州, Leizhou | ||
| 雷劇 - Leizhou opera | ||
| 11. (neologism) burdensome | ||
| 12. (neologism) to be burden to others | ||
| 13. (Taiwan, neologism) plot spoiler | ||
| Synonyms: 捏他, 劇透 | ||
| 14. (Hong Kong Cantonese, triad slang) two | ||
| 15. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) loyalty | ||
| 16. usage. (l-self, zh, 雷) does not clearly distinguish between "lightning" and "thunder". To clarify, use thunder. | ||
| 17. usage. Not all military explosive devices are called (l-self, zh, 雷). Another commonly used name is tr=dàn, which is more often used with propelled explosive weapons. | ||
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Pronunciation
dǎ léi
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