雷
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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)
Formation & memory
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Words with 雷
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雷打不动 | not shaken by thunder (idiom); the arrangements are unalterable; to adhere rigidly to regu… | |
| 雷山县 | Leishan, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州… | |
| 布雷斯特 | Brest, westernmost town in France | |
| 雷阿尔城 | Ciudad Real | |
| 雷克斯 | Rex (name) | |
| 阿德雷德 | Adelaide, capital of South Australia; also written 阿德萊德|阿德莱德 | |
| 德雷尔 | Dreyer (name); June Teufel Dreyer, China expert at Univ. of Miami and Foreign Policy Resea… | |
| 古特雷斯 | António Guterres (1949-), secretary-general of the United Nations (2017-), prime minister … | |
| 雷亚尔 | real (Brazilian currency) (loanword) | |
| 雷声大，雨点小 | lit. loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom); fig. a lot of talk, but no action | |
| 光学雷达 | lidar | |
| 干打雷，不下雨 | all thunder but no rain (idiom); a lot of noise but no action | |
| 雷达天线 | radar antenna | |
| 雷州市 | Leizhou, a county-level city in Zhanjiang City 湛江市[Zhan4 jiang1 Shi4], Guangdong | |
| 普雷克斯流程 | purex | |
| 雷波县 | Leibo, a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 zu2… | |
| 德雷福斯 | Dreyfus (name); Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), French artillery officer of Alsatian and Jewis… | |
| 雷大雨小 | lit. much thunder but little rain; fig. a lot of talk but little action; his bark is worse… | |
| 雷子 | (slang) cop | |
| 大雷 | (slang) large breasts |
Sound family
These characters use 雷 as their sound component — compare how they read.