yǐn
殷
onomatopoeia for thunder
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesonomatopoeia
rumble of thunder
archaicUsed exclusively in classical Chinese texts to describe the sound of rolling thunder.
《
Shī诗
Jīng经
》
zhōng中
yǒu有
jù句
“
yīn殷
qí其
léi雷
，
zài在
nán南
shān山
zhī之
yáng阳
。
The Book of Songs has a line: 'The thunder rumbles, above the sunny south mountain.'
Tiān天
sè色
zhòu骤
biàn变
，
yīn殷
qí其
léi雷
míng鸣
，
dà大
yǔ雨
jiāng将
zhì至
。
The sky suddenly changed, thunder rumbled, and heavy rain was coming.