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Learn 雨

yǔ

rain

Recognize 雨, know its sound, and learn one way to use it.

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A Very Small Umbrella

1 min illustrated story · A little help remembering 雨

Alex watches sudden rain from beneath a café awning.
01

Alex checked the weather before leaving home.

Sunshine all afternoon.

Ten minutes later, he stood outside a café, watching the rain.

Lin arrives holding a small terracotta umbrella.
02

Lin arrived with an umbrella. A very small umbrella.

“We can share,” she said.

Alex looked at the umbrella. Then he looked at Lin.

“Are you sure?”

“The café is just around the corner.”

Alex and Lin share the umbrella on a wet street, their outer shoulders getting wet.
03

They walked close together. Alex moved the umbrella over Lin. Lin pushed it back over Alex.

By the time they reached the café, his left shoulder was wet. Her right shoulder was wet.

Inside the café, Alex traces on the misty window while Lin smiles; the closed wet umbrella rests nearby.
04

Inside, Lin pointed at the window.

“雨,” she said. “Yǔ. Rain.”

Alex drew the character on the foggy glass.

“Useful word,” he said. “I’ll remember it.”

Lin smiled. “Remember an umbrella, too.”

“A bigger one.”

雨

One way to use 雨.

雨 means rain. 下雨 means to rain.

下雨xià yǔto rain

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