How to Say ‘It's still raining outside.’ in Simplified Chinese
外面还在下雨呢。
wài miàn hái zài xià yǔ ne
[wàimiàn hái zài xià yǔ ne]
🇨🇳 In China: Remarking on the rain is a standard opener with coworkers at the office door or the elevator. It invites a quick sympathetic reply, not real news.
Phrase Breakdown
外面
wài miàn
[wàimiàn]
outside; outdoors
The area outside a building; used for outdoor seating.
我们坐外面吧。
Let's sit outside.
还在下雨呢。
hái zài xià yǔ ne
it's still raining
还在 (hái zài) 'still' + 下雨 (xià yǔ) 'raining' + 呢 (ne), a light particle for an ongoing state.
别出去，还在下雨呢。
Don't go out, it's still raining.
Words in this phrase
还
hái
[hái]
still
Indicates something remains or is still available.
票还有吗？
Are there still tickets?
在
zài
[zài]
(in the middle of) -ing
Before a verb, marks an ongoing action.
他在吃饭。
He is eating.
下雨
xià yǔ
[xià yǔ]
to rain
Verb-object phrase meaning rain is falling.
昨天下雨了。
It rained yesterday.
呢
ne
[ne]
(emphatic particle)
Sentence-final particle adding emphasis or a lively tone.
他还没来呢。
He hasn't come yet.
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