# 下雨 (xiàyǔ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 下雨 (xiàyǔ) means “to rain”. It is part of the HSK 1 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to rain
- Pinyin: xiàyǔ (xia4 yu3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 1
- HSK 2.0 · Level 1

## Examples

- 外面现在下雨了。
  Wàimiàn xiànzài xiàyǔ le.
  It is raining outside right now.

## Characters

- [下](https://hanziro.com/word/xia-down/) (xià): down; below
- [雨](https://hanziro.com/word/yu-rain/) (yǔ): rain

https://hanziro.com/word/xia-yu-rain/

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