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Summary: Discover how to write "Rainy" in Chinese symbols with expert tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters in this free language lesson video clip.
"Okay, now let me teach you the Chinese word for raining, xia yu. We have yu here which means rain. And like in the word of windy, gua feng, xia is also a verb, it means falling down. The rain is falling down from the sky, so that's rainy, xia yu. And xia is the very useful verb. It can be used to describe, it can be used to describe other nouns like this, xia yu. Okay. Very simple character, the last stroke is this dot, and yu. When we write yu here, the fourth stroke is the horizontal, is the vertical, then more water inside, okay. Xia yu. Just one stroke, without this dot. Xia yu, raining."