Attested Chinese name

微雨 Wēi Yǔ

Light rain; a soft drizzle in which swallows fly.

Given name: 微雨 Usage: female Era: classical

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Wēi Yǔ

Character by character

微
wēi

small, prefix micro-, trifling

雨
yǔ

rain

Why it works

微雨 (Wēi Yǔ) is a classical Chinese given name. 微 means small, prefix micro-, trifling; 雨 means rain. It comes from Song Ci Sanbaishou (宋詞三百首) / Three Hundred Song Ci, where the text reads “臨江仙·夢後樓臺高鎖:微雨燕雙飛” — In light rain, a pair of swallows flies. It is gentle and atmospheric. It is a literary name rather than a common modern choice; check the full name aloud with your surname.

Sound

The pinyin is Wēi Yǔ. Say it slowly, then at normal speed. If a tone feels difficult, practice the syllable alone before putting the full name together. A Chinese speaker will usually understand an imperfect tone in context, but the closer you get, the more natural the name feels.

How to introduce it

“My Chinese name is 微雨. 微 — small, prefix micro-, trifling; 雨 — rain.”

A common full-name pattern would be 李微雨 (Lǐ Wēi Yǔ), using the surname 李. You can also use no surname at all.

Source

Song Ci Sanbaishou (宋詞三百首) / Three Hundred Song Ci · 臨江仙·夢後樓臺高鎖:微雨燕雙飛

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