落雷

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Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	thunder
trad. (落雷)		落	雷
simp. ^#(落雷)		落	雷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): luòléi

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ leoi⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍h-lûi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: luòléi
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: luòléi
  - Wade–Giles: lo⁴-lei²
  - Yale: lwò-léi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohlei
  - Palladius: лолэй (lolɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ leɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lok⁶ leoi⁴
  - Yale: lohk lèuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ loey⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ lêu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² lɵy̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h-lûi
  - Tâi-lô: lo̍h-luî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loiqluii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lui²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lo(ʔ)²⁴⁻² lui²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ lui¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ lui²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lui²³/

Noun

落雷

Synonyms

暴雷 (bàoléi)
迅雷 (xùnléi)
雷霆 (léitíng) (chiefly poetic)
霹雷 (pīléi) (informal)
霹靂 / 霹雳 (pīlì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
落	雷
らく Grade: 3	らい Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 落雷 (MC lak lwoj)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) らくらい (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

落(らく)雷(らい) • (rakurai)

Synonyms

雷(かみなり) (kaminari)
電(いなずま) (inazuma)

See also

金剛(こんごう) (kongō): diamond; thunderbolt
稲妻(いなずま) (inazuma): lightning bolt
雷電(らいでん) (raiden): thunder and lightning
雷鳴(らいめい) (raimei): thunder; thunderclap; peal of thunder
ボルト (boruto): bolt

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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