毫毛

Chinese

		hair; drawing brush; (in the) least hair; drawing brush; (in the) least; one thousandth	hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
simp. and trad. (毫毛)		毫	毛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): háomáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˊ ㄇㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁴ mou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: háomáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˊ ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: háomáo
    • Wade–Giles: hao²-mao²
    • Yale: háu-máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haurmau
    • Palladius: хаомао (xaomao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hou⁴ mou⁴
    • Yale: hòuh mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁴ mou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou⁴ mou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯²¹ mou̯²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 毫無／毫无 毫毛

Noun

毫毛

1. soft hair on the body

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 寒毛 (“fine human body hair; down”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		寒毛, 汗毛
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	寒毛, 汗毛
	Harbin	寒毛, 汗毛, 汗毛兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	汗毛
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	寒毛兒, 汗毛兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	寒毛
	Wanrong	寒毛
	Xi'an	寒毛
	Xining	汗毛
	Xuzhou	寒毛, 汗毛, 毫毛
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	寒毛
	Ürümqi	寒毛兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	苦毛, 苦毛兒, 寒毛
	Wuhan	寒毛
	Guiyang	寒毛
	Liuzhou	汗毛, 寒毛
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	寒毛
	Yangzhou	寒毛子, 寒毛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	汗毛
	Hong Kong	汗毛
	Dongguan	黃毛
Gan	Nanchang	寒毛
	Lichuan	寒毛, 寒毛筍
	Pingxiang	寒毛
Hakka	Meixian	寒毛
	Yudu	寒毛
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	寒毛, 寒毛菇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	寒毛, 寒毛菇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	寒毛, 寒毛菇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	寒毛, 寒毛菇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	寒毛, 寒毛菇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	寒毛
Huizhou	Jixi	寒毛, 汗毛
Jin	Taiyuan	寒毛
	Xinzhou	寒毛
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	孔毛
Southern Min	Xiamen	苦毛
	Quanzhou	苦毛
	Zhangzhou	苦毛, 苦毛仔
	Kaohsiung	苦毛仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	苦毛仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	苦毛仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	苦毛仔
	Tainan	苦毛
	Tainan (Anping)	苦毛
	Penghu (Xiyu)	苦毛
	Singapore (Hokkien)	苦毛
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	苦毛
	Shantou	甜毛, 汗毛
	Shantou (Chenghai)	甜毛
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	甜毛
	Jieyang	苦毛
	Leizhou	寒毛, 苦毛
	Haikou	寒毛, 面毛
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	寒毛, 細毛
Wu	Shanghai	寒毛
	Shanghai (Chongming)	寒毛
	Suzhou	寒毛
	Danyang	寒毛
	Hangzhou	寒毛, 寒毛管兒
	Ningbo	寒毛, 寒毛管
	Wenzhou	毛管
	Jinhua	寒毛, 汗毛, 寒毛管, 汗毛管
Xiang	Changsha	寒毛子
	Loudi	寒毛子