How to Say "Heavy Rain" in Chinese

大雨

The English phrase 'heavy rain' is translated into Chinese as 大雨.

The term 大雨 is used to describe heavy rain.

What does it mean word for word?

Literally, 大雨 means 'big rain'.

While 大雨 means heavy rain, you can use 小雨 to mean light rain. For even more intense, storm-level rain, the term 暴雨 is used for torrential rain.

To say it is raining heavily, you use the verb 下 (xià, to fall) followed by 大雨 to form the phrase 下大雨.

If you want to describe rain that is 'pouring' or 'hitting' the ground, you might use the word 砸 (zá), which usually means 'to smash' or 'to hit'.
The concept of 'heavy rain' in Chinese culture is often linked to the 'Dragon God', who is believed to control the amount of rain in the sky.
The character 暴 in 暴雨 (torrential rain) is also the character used for 'violence' or 'suddenness'.

昨天下大雨。
We had a heavy rain yesterday.
Tatoeba #870126 by Martha, translation #244525 by CK
昨晚下大雨。
There was a heavy rain last night.
Tatoeba #896636 by Martha, translation #244848 by CK
大雨使河水泛滥。
The rivers were flooded by the heavy rain.
Tatoeba #336953 by fucongcong, translation #23907 by CK
今天下了一场大雨。(Jīntiān xiàle yī chǎng dà yǔ.)
It rained heavily today.
快看，外面正在下暴雨呢！(Kuài kàn, wàimiàn zhèngzài xià bào yǔ ne!)
Look, it's pouring heavily outside!
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Two friends are talking about the weather before a planned trip.

梓涵 Zihan

明天的天气预报说明天有大雨。
Míngtiān de tiānqì yùbào shuō míngtiān yǒu dàyǔ.
The weather forecast says there will be heavy rain tomorrow.
俊杰 Junjie

那我们今天就把东西准备好吧。
Nà wǒmen jīntiān jiù bǎ dōngxi zhǔnbèi hǎo ba.
Then let's get everything ready today.
梓涵 Zihan

好，那我先去打包行李。
Hǎo, nà wǒ xiān qù dǎbāo xíngli.
Okay, I will go pack my luggage first.
俊杰 Junjie

我也去准备一下。
Wǒ yě qù zhǔnbèi yīxià.
I will go prepare as well.

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