雷 (léi) means Thunder. Below are 5 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
雷 声吓醒了孩子。
Léi shēng xià xǐng le háizi.
The thunder startled the child awake.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 雷
外面有闪电和 雷 声。
Wàimiàn yǒu shǎndiàn hé léi shēng.
There is lightning and thunder outside.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 闪电
雷 达发现了远处的目标。
Léidá fāxiàn le yuǎnchù de mùbiāo.
The radar picked up a target in the distance.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 雷达
这台 雷 达的探测距离很远。
Zhè tái léidá de tàncè jùlí hěn yuǎn.
This radar has a long detection range.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 雷达
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Words that contain 雷
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Questions about 雷
How is 雷 used in a sentence?
This page shows 5 sentences using 雷 (léi, "Thunder"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 雷 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 雷 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 雷 an HSK word?
Yes — 雷 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 雷?
The dictionary page for 雷 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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