紅雨

Chinese

		red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular	rain
trad. (紅雨)		紅	雨
simp. (红雨)		红	雨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hóngyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ jyu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hóngyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hóngyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: hung²-yü³
  - Yale: húng-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngyeu
  - Palladius: хунъюй (xunʺjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung⁴ jyu⁵
  - Yale: hùhng yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ jyː¹³/

Etymology 1

Noun

紅雨

(figuratively) fallen flower petals; falling blossoms
- 況是青春日將暮，
  桃花亂落如紅雨。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  况是青春日将暮，
  桃花乱落如红雨。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 816, 李賀 (Li He),《將進酒》(Let Wine Be Brought in!), translation based on J. D. Frodsham's work
  Kuàng shì qīngchūn rì jiāng mù,
  Táohuā luàn luò rú hóngyǔ. [Pinyin]
  Especially now, when the green, spring days are turning to dusk, peach petals falling wildly like a scarlet shower.

Synonyms

落英 (luòyīng)
落花 (luòhuā)

Etymology 2

short for 紅色暴雨／红色暴雨 in 紅色暴雨警告信號 (“red rainstorm warning signal”).

Noun

紅雨

(Hong Kong) red rainstorm warning signal

See also

黃雨／黄雨 (wong4 jyu5)
黑雨 (hak1 jyu5)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紅	雨
こう Grade: 6	う Grade: 1
kan'on	on'yomi

Noun

紅(こう)雨(う) • (kōu)

rain shed from the flowers in spring
(figurative) falling red flowers