九牛一毛
Chinese
nine | ox; cow; bull | one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar | ||
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simp. and trad. (九牛一毛) |
九 | 牛 | 一 | 毛 | |
Literally: “one hair from nine oxen”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄧ ㄇㄠˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒunióuyimáo
- Wade–Giles: chiu3-niu2-i1-mao2
- Yale: jyǒu-nyóu-yī-máu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeouniouimau
- Palladius: цзюнюимао (czjunjuimao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄧ ㄇㄠˊㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒunióuyimáor
- Wade–Giles: chiu3-niu2-i1-mao2-ʼrh
- Yale: jyǒu-nyóu-yī-máur
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeouniouimaul
- Palladius: цзюнюимаор (czjunjuimaor)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ maʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gau2 ngau4 jat1 mou4
- Yale: gáu ngàuh yāt mòuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: gau2 ngau4 jat7 mou4
- Guangdong Romanization: geo2 ngeo4 yed1 mou4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɐu̯³⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ mou̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 九牛一毛
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- zh:Nine
- zh:One