How to say “rainy season” in Chinese
3 phrases · Tourist, Learner, and Local levels · with pronunciation
现在是梅雨季节。
🔊 Xiàn zài shì méi yǔ jì jié
Literally: “Now is the plum rain season.”
💡 梅雨 (méiyǔ) = plum rain, same characters as Japanese tsuyu. Affects Shanghai, Nanjing, and the Yangtze River valley.
梅雨季开始了，天天下雨，衣服都晒不干。
🔊 Méi yǔ jì kāi shǐ le, tiān tiān xià yǔ, yī fu dōu shài bù gān
Literally: “The plum rain season has started, it rains every day, clothes can't dry.”
💡 天天 = every day; 晒不干 = can't sun-dry. The laundry complaint transcends borders across East Asia.
今年梅雨没完没了的，潮得衣服都发霉了，太阳什么时候出来啊。
🔊 Jīn nián méi yǔ méi wán méi liǎo de, cháo de yī fu dōu fā méi le, tài yang shén me shí hou chū lái a
Literally: “This year's plum rain is endless, so damp the clothes are getting moldy, when will the sun come out.”
💡 没完没了 = endless/never-ending; 潮 = damp/humid; 发霉 = getting moldy. The full Shanghai rainy season experience. Mold on everything is real.
About these Chinese phrases
These Chinese weather phrases cover three levels of fluency for expressing rainy season conditions. The Tourist phrase is what any beginner can use immediately. The Learner phrase sounds natural in everyday conversation. The Local phrase uses authentic idioms and expressions that native speakers actually use — the kind of phrase that makes locals smile when they hear a foreigner use it.
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