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雨桐

Yu Tong
yǔ tóng
gentle rain — nourishment and grace · the tree where phoenixes rest — elegance
细雨,润物无声 · 梧桐,凤凰栖木,高洁
87.1Name score
水 · 木Elements
Theme: nature

What each character carries 逐字小传

Not a dictionary entry: what the character has meant in Chinese names, with the original line it comes from. Every quotation below is matched character-for-character against a versioned corpus shipped with this site. Where a page names a character's origin, that line is our own paraphrase of the standard dictionaries — it is not a quotation, and it carries no book title for that reason.

雨yǔ · B
tier B

雨水。

Rain — good when it comes at the right time.

1 处原典 · 1 部典籍 · 全部可核

好雨知时节 Rain that knows when

好雨知时节,当春乃发生。

A good rain knows its season; it comes in spring, when things begin.

全唐诗 · 杜甫《春夜喜雨》 · our translation
The rain is praised for timing, not volume. 杜甫把雨写成「知时节」的——不是下得多,是下得对。名字用「雨」,取的是这个「及时」。
春雨时雨雨之雨时春雨
In a name

Timing, not volume.

「雨」好在及时,不在多。

桐tóng · B
tier B

梧桐。

The wutong tree — the one the phoenix is said to choose.

1 处原典 · 1 部典籍 · 全部可核

梧桐生矣 Growing toward the light

梧桐生矣,于彼朝阳。

The wutong grows — there, on the sunny slope.

诗经 · 卷阿 · our translation
The wutong grows on the sunlit slope. The phoenix is said to perch on no other tree. 《卷阿》写梧桐生在朝阳的一面。传说凤凰非梧桐不栖,所以「桐」在名字里自带一个位置。
梧桐青桐桐之桐华青桐
In a name

The place kept for something rare.

「桐」是给凤凰留的那个位置。

引文校验:2/2 条在语料库中逐字命中(论语 · 孟子 · 大学 · 中庸 · 诗经 · 楚辞 · 全唐诗)。 没有可靠原典的字,我们宁可写「没有」。

How it sounds 怎么念

Mandarin is tonal: the same letters said on a different pitch are a different word. The line below is the pitch you actually travel while saying the name.

yǔT3 · tóngT2
yǔtóng
Tonesyǔ dips then rises, tóng rising
If you don't speak Chinese
  • Every syllable has a close English equivalent — nothing here is hard to say.

Is it a real name? 有多真

We checked it against a corpus of 1,142,000 real Chinese names — this is not a combination invented for the page.

The pair 「桐」 appears in 169 real names
The corpus describes how many people are actually called this. It is never used to judge whether a name is good.

How this score is built 评分怎么来的

Five dimensions, each scored independently. Every bar below is a real computed value — the same rule set that generated the candidate list, not a separate "premium" model.

Meaning & imagery30.0/30
Sound22.9/25
Naturalness13.2/20
Name + surname11.0/15
Writing10.0/10

How people will actually call you 别人会怎么叫你

A Chinese name is almost never used in full. In daily life it gets a prefix, a suffix, or is cut to the given name alone — and which one you get tells you how close the person thinks they are to you.

雨桐Full name. Documents, a first introduction, anyone who is not yet a friend.
小雨 / 老雨Surname with a size prefix — 小 (little) for someone younger or junior, 老 (old) for a colleague who is senior. This is how a Chinese office usually separates two people with the same surname.
雨哥 / 雨姐Surname + ‘brother’/‘sister’. Warm without being intimate — a shopkeeper, a neighbour, or a colleague a few years older than you.
桐Given name on its own. Family and close friends. An elder using just this is affectionate, not curt.

Patterns, not rules: what you are called depends on your age, the relationship, and the region. In the south you will also hear 阿 + given name between friends.

FAQ 常见问题

How do I say 雨桐?
yǔ tóng. Tones: yǔ dips then rises, tóng rising.
What does it mean?
雨 — gentle rain — nourishment and grace; 桐 — the tree where phoenixes rest — elegance
Is it a real, usable name?
The pair "桐" appears in 169 of 1,142,000 real Chinese names.
Read together

rain · wutong tree — taken as one scene rather than three separate definitions.

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