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雷

léi
HSK 4

“Thunder” in Chinese is 雷 (léi).

Other characters with the syllable lei: see all 8 →

Meaning

  • thunder
  • bound form(military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine
  • (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound
Show 3 more meanings
  • (Tw) (coll.) spoiler
  • (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)
  • surname Lei

Example

外面打雷了，我很害怕！

It's thundering outside. I'm really scared!

From 打雷 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Words containing 雷

打雷dǎléito rumble with thunderHSK 4雷同léitóngmirroring othersHSK 7-9

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