落雷

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

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• 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

1. thunderbolt; thunderclap

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) らくらい [ràkúráí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɾa̠kɯ̟ᵝɾa̠i]

Noun

落(らく)雷(らい) • (rakurai) 

1. thunderbolt
2. lightning strike

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