hou4 jyu5豪雨
Jyutpinghou4 jyu5
Yalehòuh yúh
Definition
Torrential rain; a massive downpour.
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How it's used
Used primarily in formal contexts like weather reports or news bulletins to describe extreme rainfall. While it is understood in daily conversation, people often use the more colloquial term 大雨 when talking about heavy rain in casual settings. It carries a sense of severity and potential danger that simple heavy rain does not necessarily imply.
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coeng4場chèunghExamples
The Observatory has issued a red rainstorm warning signal.
This torrential rain is falling very heavily, everyone be careful.
Related words
Common phrases
torrential rains cause disasters
rainstorm warning
Common mistake
Avoid using this word to describe a standard heavy shower, as it specifically refers to extreme, dangerous levels of precipitation. Using it for light or moderate rain sounds unnatural and overly dramatic.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
