多如牛毛

Chinese

		many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	as (if); such as	ox; cow; bull	hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
trad. (多如牛毛)		多	如	牛	毛
simp. #(多如牛毛)		多	如	牛	毛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duōrúniúmáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛ ㄖㄨˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄇㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): do¹ jyu⁴ ngau⁴ mou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duōrúniúmáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛ ㄖㄨˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duorúnióumáo
    • Wade–Giles: to¹-ju²-niu²-mao²
    • Yale: dwō-rú-nyóu-máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duorunioumau
    • Palladius: дожунюмао (dožunjumao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʐu³⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: do¹ jyu⁴ ngau⁴ mou⁴
    • Yale: dō yùh ngàuh mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ jy⁴ ngau⁴ mou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: do¹ yu⁴ ngeo⁴ mou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ jyː²¹ ŋɐu̯²¹ mou̯²¹/

Idiom

多如牛毛

1. extremely numerous; as numerous as the strands of hair on a cow

Synonyms

• 恆河沙數／恒河沙数 (hénghéshāshù)