大雨

Chinese

Pronunciation

Noun

大雨

1. heavy rain; downpour (Classifier: 場／场)

   下大雨  ―  xià dàyǔ  ―  (of heavy rain) to fall

   落大雨 [Cantonese]  ―  lok⁶ daai⁶ jyu⁵   ―  (of heavy rain) to fall

Synonyms

• (Taishanese) 大水
• (Hokkien) 大陣雨／大阵雨, 兇狂雨／凶狂雨

Coordinate terms

• 小雨 (xiǎoyǔ)
• 中雨 (zhōngyǔ)

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

/opoame/ → /oɸoame/ → /owoame/ → /ooame/ → /oːame/. Compound of 大 (ō, “big”) +‎ 雨 (ame, “rain”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おおあ​め (Nakadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

大(おお)雨(あめ) • (ōame) ^{←おほあめ (ofoame)?}

1. (weather) heavy rain, downpour

Noun

大雨(ひちさめ) • (hichisame) 

1. (weather) drenching rains

Etymology 2

/hidisame/ → /hizisame/ . Cognate with 大雨 (hichisame).

Noun

大雨(ひじさめ) • (hijisame) ^{←ひぢさめ (fidisame)?}

1. (weather) drenching rains

Etymology 3

/hitisame/ → /hitame/. From 大雨 (hichisame).

Noun

大雨(ひため) • (hitame) ^{←ひため (fitame)?}

1. (weather) drenching rains

Etymology 4

/hitisame/ → /hisame/. From 大雨 (hichisame).

Noun

大雨(ひさめ) • (hisame) 

1. (weather) drenching rains
   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 1, page 25:

     霈 [...] 日本記云、大雨、比佐女 雨氷、上同

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.