牛毛

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
simp. and trad. (牛毛)		牛	毛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niúmáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄇㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ mou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúmáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióumáo
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-mao²
    • Yale: nyóu-máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioumau
    • Palladius: нюмао (njumao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ mou⁴
    • Yale: ngàuh mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ mou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ mou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ mou̯²¹/

Noun

牛毛

1. (literally) cattle hair
2. (figurative) something that is fine and numerous

Derived terms

• 九牛毛
• 多如牛毛 (duōrúniúmáo)
• 學如牛毛，成如麟角／学如牛毛，成如麟角
• 學者如牛毛，成者如麟角／学者如牛毛，成者如麟角
• 牛毛氈／牛毛毡
• 牛毛細雨／牛毛细雨 (niúmáoxìyǔ)
• 牛毛雨
• 繭絲牛毛／茧丝牛毛