霖雨

Chinese

		continued rain	rain
trad. (霖雨)		霖	雨
simp. #(霖雨)		霖	雨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: lin²-yü³
    • Yale: lín-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linyeu
    • Palladius: линьюй (linʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁴ jyu⁵
    • Yale: làhm yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ jyː¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: lim hjuX

Rime
Character	霖	雨
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力尋切	王矩切
Baxter	lim	hjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪm/	/ɦɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/lim/	/ɦioX/
Shao Rongfen	/ljem/	/ɣioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lim/	/ɦuə̆X/
Li Rong	/liəm/	/ɣioX/
Wang Li	/lĭĕm/	/ɣĭuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯əm/	/i̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lín	yǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lam4	jyu5

Noun

霖雨

1. long spell of heavy rain

   • 若歲大旱，用汝作霖雨。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     若岁大旱，用汝作霖雨。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE

     Ruò suì dàhàn, yòng rǔ zuò línyǔ. [Pinyin]

     Suppose me in a year of great drought; I will use you as a copious rain.

   • 如有霖雨，旬日不霽，必盈溢。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     如有霖雨，旬日不霁，必盈溢。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Rú yǒu línyǔ, xúnrì bù jì, bì yíngyì. [Pinyin]

     If there is heavy rain for ten days without abatement, it will surely overflow.

   • 霖雨長安時孟秋，^嶠南歸客獨登樓。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 《聽曉鐘》("Listening to Bells at Dawn") by Kim Byeong'yeon (金炳淵), 1800s

     Imu jang'an si maengchu, Gyonam gwi gaek dok deung nu. [Sino-Korean]

     The heavy rain is in the capital, and the time is early autumn; the traveler returning from Yeongnam climbs the pavilion alone.

2. (figurative) bounties and favor (e.g. by a monarch to a courtier)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (霖雨):

• → Japanese: 霖雨(りんう) (rin'u)
• → Korean: 임우(霖雨) (imu), 림우(霖雨) (rimu)