雷
léi
thunder
surname Lei; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)
rain (雨) + field (田) = thunder
The ancient form showed rain clouds with drumlike rumbles below — the fields beneath a storm captured the crack of thunder. Both components work semantically: rain brings the storm, and 田 likely echoes the round, drum-shaped thunderbolts in early pictographic versions.
外面打雷了，孩子们都有点害怕。
wài miàn dǎ léi le ， hái zi men dōu yǒu diǎn hài pà 。
It is thundering outside, and the children are all a little scared.
他说的话真的把我雷到了，我完全没想到。
tā shuō de huà zhēn de bǎ wǒ léi dào le ， wǒ wán quán méi xiǎng dào 。
What he said really astounded me — I had absolutely not expected it.
Words with 雷
布雷
bù léi
to lay mines
水雷
shuǐ léi
naval mine
避雷
bì léi
(bound form) to avoid being struck by lightning
避雷器
bì léi qì
lightning arrester
避雷针
bì léi zhēn
lightning rod
阿德雷德
ā dé léi dé
also written 阿德萊德|阿德莱德
雷·罗马诺
léi · luó mǎ nuò
Ray Romano (1957-), US actor and comedian
雷亚尔
léi yà ěr
real (Brazilian currency) (loanword)
雷人
léi rén
appalling
雷克斯
léi kè sī
Rex (name)
雷克斯暴龙
léi kè sī bào lóng
Tyrannosaurus rex
雷克萨斯
léi kè sà sī
see also 凌志[Ling2 zhi4]