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雷

léi · lei/Léi · lei

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Old HSK 5

Meaning

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léi 雷

  1. thunder
  2. (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷 (dì léi) land mine
  3. (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound
  4. (Tw) (coll.) spoiler
  5. (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)

Léi 雷

  1. surname Lei
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Thunder upstairs

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，你(nǐ)听(tīng)，外面(wàimiàn)打(dǎ)雷(léi)了(le)！

    Dengdeng, listen, there is thunder outside!

  2. Dengdeng

    真的(zhēnde)吗(ma)？可是(kěshì)天上(tiānshàng)没有(méiyǒu)云(yún)啊(a)。

    Really? But there are no clouds in the sky.

  3. Liangliang

    可能(kěnéng)是(shì)远处(yuǎnchù)的(de)雷(léi)吧(ba)。

    Maybe it is thunder far away.

  4. Dengdeng

    这个(zhège)雷声(léishēng)怎么(zěnme)一直(yīzhí)响(xiǎng)？

    Why does this thunder keep rumbling?

  5. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)看看(kànkan)……原来(yuánlái)是(shì)楼上(lóushàng)在(zài)装修(zhuāngxiū)。

    Let me look... It turns out upstairs is being renovated.

  6. Dengdeng

    哈哈(hāhā)，楼上(lóushàng)的(de)雷(léi)真(zhēn)大(dà)！

    Haha, the thunder upstairs is really loud!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

昨(zuó)晚(wǎn)的(de)雷(léi)声(shēng)太(tài)大(dà)，我(wǒ)几(jī)乎(hū)没(méi)睡(shuì)着(zháo)。

The thunder last night was so loud that I barely slept.

02

听(tīng)到(dào)这(zhè)个(ge)消(xiāo)息(xi)，大(dà)家(jiā)都(dōu)被(bèi)雷(léi)到(dào)了(le)。

Hearing this news, everyone was stunned.

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