Hanzi
Traditional
雷
Simplified
雷

thunder/(bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine/(coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound/(Tw) (coll.) spoiler/(Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 4

Pinyin

léi, lèi

Bopomofo

ㄌㄟˊ, ㄌㄟˋ

Jyutping

leoi4

Example sentences

雷 léi
昨晚的雷把孩子嚇醒了。
昨晚的雷把孩子吓醒了。

Last night's thunder woke the child.

地雷 dìléi
這片土地上埋了許多危險的地雷。
这片土地上埋了许多危险的地雷。

Many dangerous landmines are buried in this land.

大發雷霆 / 大发雷霆 dàfāléitíng
老闆因為他的失誤而大發雷霆。
老板因为他的失误而大发雷霆。

The boss was furious because of his mistake.

火暴 huǒbào
他的性格非常火暴，動不動就對人大發雷霆。
他的性格非常火暴，动不动就对人大发雷霆。

His personality is very fiery; he flies into a rage at the slightest provocation.

打雷 dǎléi
外面正在打雷，我們還是別出去了。
外面正在打雷，我们还是别出去了。

It's thundering outside; we'd better not go out.

Example Vocabulary

迅雷

xun4'lei2

雷

lei2

thunder; a mine or explosive weapon; something shocking in colloquial speech

地雷

di4'lei2

landmine

大發雷霆

da4'fa1'lei2'ting2

to be furious; to blow a fuse

手雷

打雷

da3'lei2

to thunder

掃雷

sao3'lei2

佈雷

bu4'lei2

哈姆雷特

哈雷彗星

ha1'lei2'hui4'xing1

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