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The Chinese word for thunder is
打雷

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thunder

Chinese Definition


thunder
     1. 雷;轰隆声
     2. 美國職籃(NBA)奧克拉荷馬'''''雷霆隊'''''(Oklahoma City Thunder)。
Components
     1. to hit; to strike; to slap; to beat
           別 打 人。 - Don't hit people.
           打 蚊子 - to swat mosquitoes
           把 飛機 打 下來 - to shoot down an airplane
           )” means “to beat (擊)”. Belongs to hand radical (手) and is pronounced like 丁 (*teŋ)., ref=Shuowen
     2.    to play the drums
     3.   打 鼓 - to play the drums
     4. to fight; to attack
           打架 - to come to blows; to fight
           二戰 ^德國 為什麼 要 打 ^蘇聯? - In World War II, why did Germany attack the Soviet Union?
     5. the act of beating up
           他 挨 了 一 頓 打。 - He was beaten up.
     6. (Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to:)
     7.    to perform (a martial art)
     8.   打 太極拳 - to perform Tai Chi
     9.    to get; to fetch
     10.   打 水 - to get water
     11.    to buy (meat, soy sauce, oil, etc. at a grocery store)
     12.   打.醬油 - to buy soy sauce
     13.    to guess; (the riddle) is about
     14.   打 一 人物 - to guess a person
     15.    to make (a gesture, signal, etc.)
     16.   打 招呼 - to say hello
     17.   打呵欠 - to yawn
     18.   打 右燈 - to put on the right turn signal (when driving)
     19.    to fabricate; to build
     20.   打 刀 - to make a knife
     21.   打 牆 - to build a wall
     22.   打 毛衣 - to knit a sweater
     23.    to stir
     24.   打 算盤 - to calculate with an abacus
     25.   打 方向盤 - to turn a steering wheel
     26.   打 蛋daan6-2 - to whip an egg
     27.    to break
     28.   我 把 暖壺 打 了。 - I broke the vacuum flask.
     29.   碗 打 了 - the bowl was broken by someone/something
     30.   雞飛蛋打 - having lost everything
     31.    to open
     32.   打 帳子 - to open (or set up) the bed curtains
     33.   打開 - to open
     34.    to dig
     35.   打 井 - to dig a well
     36.    to send or call
     37.   打 電報 - to send a telegraph
     38.   打.電話 - to call on the telephone
     39.   打 手機 - to call on the cellphone
     40.   到 咗 機場 就 打 畀 我。 - Call me when you arrive at the airport.
     41.   對不bu起,打 錯 了。 - Sorry, I got the wrong number.
     42.    to pump (a tire, etc.); to inject
     43.   打 氣 - to pump air into something
     44.   打 疫苗 - to give a vaccine
     45.    打 顯影劑 - to inject IV contrast -
     46.    (involving gunpowder) to fire off; to set off; to attack
     47.   打 槍 - to fire a gun (mainly used in China)
     48.   打 炮仗zhang - to set off a firecracker
     49.    (vulgar) to perform sexual activity
     50.   打炮 - to have sex
     51.   打手槍 - to masturbate
     52.    to gather
     53.   打成一片 - to get along well with everyone else
     54.    to attach
     55.   打.蠟 - to wax
     56.   打 補丁 - to patch up
     57.    to lift
     58.   打 燈籠 - to carry a lighted lantern
     59.    to bite (said of insects that eat books, clothes)
     60.    to write
     61.   打 證明 - to write out a testimonial
     62.   打 介紹信 - to write a recommendation letter
     63.    to paint; to stamp
     64.   打 格子 - to draw a grid
     65.   打 郵戳 - to postmark
     66.    (computer) to type
     67.   「啲\od的i1」 字 點 打daa2? - How do you type "(m, zh, 啲, o的"?)
     68.    to display (text, an image, etc.)
     69.   屏幕 上 打 出 兩 行háng 字。 - Two lines of text display on the screen.
     70.    to use (a computer, usually for entertainment)
     71.   打 電腦 - to use a computer
     72.    to play (a video game or console)
     73.   打 電動 - to play video game
     74.    to play (a sport involving balls with hand)
     75.   打 壁球 - to play squash
     76.   打 一 場 輸 一 場 - play a round and lose a round
     77.   打波 - to play a ball game
     78.    to play (mahjong or poker, etc.)
     79.   打 麻雀zoek3-2 - to play mahjong
     80.   打 撲pú克kèr - to play poker, M-UIB
     81.   打牌 - to play cards or mahjong
     82.    to tie (attention, zh, only refers to tying specific types of things?)
     83.   打 領結 - to tie a bowtie
     84.   打 煲呔 - to tie a bowtie
     85.    to reduce
     86.   打.價 - to bargain
     87.    to remove
     88.   打.蟲 - to kill insects
     89.    to stop
     90.   打住 - to stop
     91.    to mark, to attach
     92.   打 個 標籤 - to tag
     93. (Cantonese) to correspond to; to be associated with
     1. lightning
           避雷針 - lightning rod
           雷擊 - lightning strike
     2.    thunder; sound caused by lightning
     3.   電閃雷鳴 - thunderstormy
     4. (military, weaponry in compounds) explosive device
           魚雷 - torpedo
           手雷 - grenade
     5.    mine; land mine or naval mine
     6.   雷區 - minefield
     7.   排雷 - to demine
     8. (colloquial) to astonish; to shock
     9. (colloquial) astonishment; surprise
           內容 有 雷 - (slang) shocking content ahead
     10. Short for 雷州, Leizhou
           雷劇 - Leizhou opera
     11. (neologism) burdensome
     12. (neologism) to be burden to others
     13. (Taiwan, neologism) plot spoiler
           Synonyms: 捏他, 劇透
     14. (Hong Kong Cantonese, triad slang) two
     15. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) loyalty
     16. usage. (l-self, zh, 雷) does not clearly distinguish between "lightning" and "thunder". To clarify, use thunder.
     17. usage. Not all military explosive devices are called (l-self, zh, 雷). Another commonly used name is tr=dàn, which is more often used with propelled explosive weapons.

Translations for and their definitions

     1. lightning
           避雷針 - lightning rod
           雷擊 - lightning strike
     2.    thunder; sound caused by lightning
     3.   電閃雷鳴 - thunderstormy
     4. (military, weaponry in compounds) explosive device
           魚雷 - torpedo
           手雷 - grenade
     5.    mine; land mine or naval mine
     6.   雷區 - minefield
     7.   排雷 - to demine
     8. (colloquial) to astonish; to shock
     9. (colloquial) astonishment; surprise
           內容 有 雷 - (slang) shocking content ahead
     10. Short for 雷州, Leizhou
           雷劇 - Leizhou opera
     11. (neologism) burdensome
     12. (neologism) to be burden to others
     13. (Taiwan, neologism) plot spoiler
           Synonyms: 捏他, 劇透
     14. (Hong Kong Cantonese, triad slang) two
     15. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) loyalty
     16. usage. (l-self, zh, 雷) does not clearly distinguish between "lightning" and "thunder". To clarify, use thunder.
     17. usage. Not all military explosive devices are called (l-self, zh, 雷). Another commonly used name is tr=dàn, which is more often used with propelled explosive weapons.


雷聲
     1. n. thunder (sound caused by lightning)
           Synonyms: 雷鳴, 靐靐


雷声
     1. Simplified form of 雷聲


雷鳴
     1. v. to be thunderous
     2. v. to make very loud sounds


雷鸣
     1. Simplified form of 雷鳴


打雷
     1. v. (impersonal) to rumble with thunder; to thunder
           外面 打雷 了。 - It's thundering outside.


轟鳴
     1. v. to roar; to rumble
           炮火 轟鳴 - roar of gunfire


轰鸣
     1. Simplified form of 轟鳴


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