滖 (suī) - Ancient character for 'falling rain' or 'drizzling rain' & archaic term for precipitation.

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滖 · suī

Ancient character for 'falling rain' or 'drizzling rain';

archaic term for precipitation.

Ancient character for 'falling rain' or 'drizzling rain'archaic term for precipitation.

Usage highlights

drizzling rainfalling precipitationgentle rainfallweather phenomenonancient rain term

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • 晴— clear, sunny weather
  • 旱— drought, dry weather

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The ancient text described the weather as drizzling rain (滖).
  • In classical poetry, 滖 depicts gentle rainfall (滖雨).
  • This character appears in historical meteorological records (古气象记录中的滖).

Collocations

  • drizzling rain(滖雨)
  • falling precipitation(降滖)
  • gentle rainfall(细雨滖滖)
  • weather phenomenon(天气现象滖)
  • ancient rain term(古雨词滖)

Cultural background

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  • Appears in ancient Chinese texts describing weather phenomena.
  • Considered an archaic character rarely used in modern Chinese.
  • Reflects the detailed categorization of natural phenomena in classical Chinese.

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