傾盆 [倾－]

Jyutping king1 pun4
Pinyin qīng pén

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. a downpour
  2. rain bucketing down
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to bucket down
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    今晚正在下倾盆大雨。
    今晚正在下傾盆大雨。
    jīn wǎn zhèng zài xià qīng pén dà yǔ 。
    • It's raining cats and dogs tonight.
  2. Mandarin
    天下着倾盆大雨。
    天下着傾盆大雨。
    tiān xià zhe qīng pén dà yǔ 。
    • It's bucketing down.
    • It's raining heavily.
    • It's chucking it down.
    • It's tipping it down.
    • It's pelting down.
  3. Mandarin
    不下雨则矣，一下一定是倾盆大雨。
    不下雨則矣，一下一定是傾盆大雨。
    bù xià yǔ zé yǐ ， yī xià yī dìng shì qīng pén dà yǔ 。
    • It never rains but it pours.
  4. Mandarin
    他们冒着倾盆大雨出发了。
    他們冒着傾盆大雨出發了。
    tā men mào zhe qīng pén dà yǔ chū fā le 。
    • They started in spite of the heavy rain.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    落紧倾盆大雨㖞，揸车危险呀，搭地铁啦。
    落緊傾盆大雨喎，揸車危險呀，搭地鐵啦。
    lok6 gan2 king1 pun4 daai6 jyu5 wo3, zaa1 ce1 ngai4 him2 aa3, daap3 dei6 tit3 laa1.
    • It's dangerous to drive when it's raining cats and dogs. Let's take the underground instead.