打雷
Meaning
- to rumble with thunder
- clap of thunder
Example sentence
外面打雷了，我很害怕！
It's thundering outside. I'm really scared!
Characters in 打雷
- 打 dǎ a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 "to make a phone call", 打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打气 "to inflate")
- 雷 léi thunder; a mine, an explosive device
打 to strike plus 雷, thunder. 打 is the all-purpose verb — 打电话, 打球 — and here the sky does the striking.