<p>There are many types of rain in Chinese vocabulary  </p>

<p>雨: rain</p>

<p>煙雨: misty rain</p>

<p>微雨: drizzle</p>

<p>毛毛細雨/ 毛毛雨/ 微絲細雨: very light rain/ drizzle  </p>

<p>細雨 : light rain</p>

<p>雨霧: rain and fog</p>

<p>過雲雨: brief rain</p>

<p>長命雨/ 長雨 long lasting rain</p>

<p>晴雨/ 晴天雨: sunny sky rain</p>

<p>夜雨: night rain</p>

<p>連夜雨: all night rain</p>

<p>分龍雨: narrow area rain (you can see clear sky few miles away) </p>

<p>大雨: heavy rain</p>

<p>傾盤大雨/ 滂沱大雨/ 豪雨:  heavy rain/ downpour</p>

<p>驟雨: sudden rain</p>

<p>局部地區性驟雨: regional sudden rain</p>

<p>全國性大雨: nation wide heavy rain</p>

<p>陣雨: intermittent rain</p>

<p>暴雨: severe rain/ heavy downpour</p>

<p>狂風暴雨: strong wind and severe rain</p>

<p>暴風雨/ 雨暴: rain storm </p>

<p>雷雨: thunder and rain</p>

<p>熱帶雨 : tropical rain</p>

<p>冷雨: cold rain</p>

<p>冰雨: icy rain</p>

<p>春雨: spring rain</p>

<p>夏雨: summer rain</p>

<p>秋雨: autumn rain</p>

<p>冬雨: winter rain</p>

<p><a href="https://www.hjenglish.com/new/p166348/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">梅雨</a>: plum season rain (of middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze in  late spring and early summer) </p>

<p>山雨: mountains rain</p>

<p>平原雨: rain over the plain</p>

<p>海上雨: rain over the sea</p>

<p>天降甘霖/ 甘霖: life giving rain from heaven (classical term)</p>

<p>及時雨: needed rain that falls in time (idiom for "help that comes in time)</p>

<p>黑雨 : black rain (highest level of warning in the rainstorm warning system in Hong Kong)</p>

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<p>Inspired by <a href="https://spanish.stackexchange.com/questions/662/words-for-strong-or-weak-rain-sprinkling-drizzling-pouring">this question </a>on the Spanish stack exchange
Things like <em>drizzle</em>, <em>mist</em>, or <em>downpour</em>?</p>

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Different types of rain in Chinese?
# Different types of rain in Chinese?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-10-18)

Inspired by [this question](https://spanish.stackexchange.com/questions/662/words-for-strong-or-weak-rain-sprinkling-drizzling-pouring) on the Spanish stack exchange
Things like *drizzle*, *mist*, or *downpour*?

**Tags:** word-choice, vocabulary, word-requests

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: What have you found so far?  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2019-10-19. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

There are many types of rain in Chinese vocabulary

雨: rain

煙雨: misty rain

微雨: drizzle

毛毛細雨/ 毛毛雨/ 微絲細雨: very light rain/ drizzle

細雨 : light rain

雨霧: rain and fog

過雲雨: brief rain

長命雨/ 長雨 long lasting rain

晴雨/ 晴天雨: sunny sky rain

夜雨: night rain

連夜雨: all night rain

分龍雨: narrow area rain (you can see clear sky few miles away)

大雨: heavy rain

傾盤大雨/ 滂沱大雨/ 豪雨: heavy rain/ downpour

驟雨: sudden rain

局部地區性驟雨: regional sudden rain

全國性大雨: nation wide heavy rain

陣雨: intermittent rain

暴雨: severe rain/ heavy downpour

狂風暴雨: strong wind and severe rain

暴風雨/ 雨暴: rain storm

雷雨: thunder and rain

熱帶雨 : tropical rain

冷雨: cold rain

冰雨: icy rain

春雨: spring rain

夏雨: summer rain

秋雨: autumn rain

冬雨: winter rain

[梅雨](https://www.hjenglish.com/new/p166348/): plum season rain (of middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze in late spring and early summer)

山雨: mountains rain

平原雨: rain over the plain

海上雨: rain over the sea

天降甘霖/ 甘霖: life giving rain from heaven (classical term)

及時雨: needed rain that falls in time (idiom for "help that comes in time)

黑雨 : black rain (highest level of warning in the rainstorm warning system in Hong Kong)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Many thanks for this answer !  

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