Definition

1. Noun:

   • Rain: Water that falls in drops from clouds in the sky. It is a natural meteorological phenomenon.
   • A shower / A fall of something: Used figuratively to describe a large quantity of things falling or descending rapidly, similar to rain.

2. Verb:

   • To rain: The action of water falling from the sky as precipitation.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Cơn mưa rất to. (The rain is very heavy.)
  • Thành phố này có lượng mưa cao. (This city has high rainfall.)
  • Một cơn mưa hoa giấy. (A shower of paper flowers.)

• Verb:

  • Trời đang mưa. (It is raining.)
  • Hôm qua trời mưa cả ngày. (It rained all day yesterday.)

Advanced Usage

• "mưa dầm": persistent, drizzling rain. Often used metaphorically for a persistent, nagging effect.

  • Lời chỉ trích cứ như mưa dầm thấm lâu. (The criticism was like persistent drizzle, soaking in slowly.)

• "mưa lũ": flood-inducing rain; torrential rain leading to floods.

  • Miền Trung thường chịu ảnh hưởng của mưa lũ. (The Central region is often affected by flood-inducing rains.)

Variants and Related Words

• Mưa đá (n): hail; frozen raindrops.

  • Trận mưa đá làm hỏng mùa màng. (The hailstorm damaged the crops.)

• Mưa phùn (n): drizzle; very light rain with fine droplets.

  • Trời se lạnh với vài hạt mưa phùn. (The weather was chilly with a bit of drizzle.)

• Mưa rào (n): rain shower; a short period of heavy rain.

  • Cơn mưa rào đến rồi đi rất nhanh. (The rain shower came and went very quickly.)

Synonyms

• Precipitation: (Formal) any form of water falling from the sky, including rain.
• Downpour: a heavy fall of rain.
• Drizzle: light rain.

Related Idioms

• Làm mưa làm gió: to throw one's weight around; to have great influence and power (literally: to make rain and make wind).

  • Ông ấy có thể làm mưa làm gió trong ngành này. (He can throw his weight around in this industry.)

• Mưa thuận gió hoà: favorable weather; used to wish for smooth and favorable conditions (literally: compliant rain, harmonious wind).

  • Cầu mong mưa thuận gió hoà cho mùa màng bội thu. (Wishing for favorable weather for a bountiful harvest.)

• Khóc như mưa: to cry profusely (literally: to cry like rain).

  • Đứa trẻ khóc như mưa khi bị mất đồ chơi. (The child cried profusely when he lost his toy.)

noun

1. rain
   • áo mưa
     rain-coat