# 西北雨
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xīběiyǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄅㄟˇ ㄩˇ
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sî-pet-yí
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sai$^1$ bah$^6$ hou$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sai-pak-hō͘ / sai-pak-hǒ͘
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xīběiyǔ [Phonetic: xībéiyǔ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄅㄟˇ ㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siběiyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: hsi$^1$-pei$^3$-yü$^3$
*** Yale: syī-běi-yǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shibeeiyeu
*** Palladius: сибэйюй (sibɛjjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sî-pet-yí
*** Hakka Romanization System: xi$^ˊ$ bed$^ˋ$ i$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xi$^1$ bed$^5$ yi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /si²⁴ pet̚² i³¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sî-pet-yí
*** Hakka Romanization System: xi$^ˊ$ bed$^ˋ$ (r)i$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xi$^1$ bed$^5$ yi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /si²⁴ pet̚² (j)i³¹/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sai$^1$ bah$^6$ hou$^5$ [Phonetic: sai$^2$ ah$^4$ hou$^5$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sai-bah-hō
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬai⁵³³⁻¹³ $^{(p-)}$aʔ¹⁻⁴² hɔu²¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sai$^1$ bah$^6$ hou$^5$ [Phonetic: sai$^2$ bhah$^7$ hou$^5$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬai⁵³³⁻¹³ $^{(p-)}$βaʔ²⁻²⁴ hɔu²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Sanxia, Yilan, Tainan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sai-pak-hō͘
*** Tâi-lô: sai-pak-hōo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sai'pakho
*** IPA (Yilan): /sai⁴⁴⁻³³ pak̚²⁻⁵ hɔ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sai⁴⁴⁻²² pak̚³²⁻⁵ hɔ²²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan): /sai⁴⁴⁻³³ pak̚³²⁻⁴ hɔ³³/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /sai⁴⁴⁻²² pak̚³²⁻⁵⁴ hɔ²²/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sai⁴⁴⁻²² pak̚³²⁻⁴ hɔ²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Lukang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sai-pak-hǒ͘
*** Tâi-lô: sai-pak-hǒo
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sai³³ pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ hɔ²²/
*** IPA (Jinjiang): /sai³³ pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ hɔ³³/
*** IPA (Lukang): /sai³³ pak̚⁵ hɔ³³/

### Noun

西北雨
* (Taiwan, southern Fujian) summer shower; convectional rain
** 1967, “西北雨直直落”, 葉明龍 (lyrics), 黃敏 (music):
       Sai-pak-hō͘ ti̍t-ti̍t lo̍h, chit-á-hî beh chhōa-bó͘. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       The summer showers keep falling; the crucian carp wants to take a wife.
** 2014, 林美容, 李家愷, 《魔神仔的人類學想像》, Taipei: 五南圖書出版公司, →ISBN, page 227:
       Zài xià máomáoyǔ huò xīběiyǔ de tiānqì lǐ, huángù sìzhōu yě chángcháng shì yī piàn míméng de zhuàngtài, shēnchǔ zài zhè zhǒng míméng zhuàngtài de rénmen, yě róngyì shīqù fāngxiànggǎn, yīncǐ xiàyǔ de zhuàngtài yǔ qǐwù de zhuàngkuàng qíshí yǒu xiāngjìn zhī chù. [Pinyin]
       In the climate of drizzles and summer showers, it is always in a misty condition when you look around, and people in these kinds of misty conditions easily lose their sense of direction; therefore, rainy conditions and foggy conditions do actually have some similarities.

#### Synonyms

* 熱雷雨 / 热雷雨 (rèléiyǔ)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 雷陣雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 雷陣雨, 西北雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 雷陣雨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 雷陣雨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 雷陣雨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 雷暴雨 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 雷雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 偏東雨, 雷陣雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 雷陣雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 雷陣雨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 雷陣雨, 雷雨, 雷暴雨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 雷暴雨 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 雷陣雨 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 雷陣雨 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 雷陣雨 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 風時雨 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 風時雨 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 西北雨 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 西北雨 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 西北雨 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 西北雨 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 西北雨 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 風時水 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 西北雨 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 風時雨 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 西北雨 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 西北雨 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 忽雷雨 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 忽雷雨 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 晡時雨 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 晡時雨 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 西北雨, 西北, 方時雨 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 西北雨, 西北 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 西北雨, 西北, 方時雨 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 西北雨 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 西北雨 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 西北雨 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 西北雨 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 西北雨 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 西北雨 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 西北雨 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 西北雨 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 西北雨 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 西北雨 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 時雨 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 西北雨, 西北 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 西北雨, 西北 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 雷陣雨 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 雷陣雨 |
| Wu | Danyang | 雷陣雨 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 雷陣雨 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 雷雨, 雷陣雨 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 天雷雨, 天雷猛雨 stronger |
| Xiang | Changsha | 雷陣雨 |

### References

* “西北雨”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “西北雨”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 458.