毛毛雨

Chinese

		fine hair; baby	rain
trad. (毛毛雨)		毛毛	雨
simp. #(毛毛雨)		毛毛	雨
Literally: “little bits of rain; drizzle”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máomaoyǔ, máomáoyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ˙ㄇㄠ ㄩˇ, ㄇㄠˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ mou⁴ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máomaoyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ˙ㄇㄠ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máomåoyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: mao²-mao⁵-yü³
    • Yale: máu-mau-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau.mauyeu
    • Palladius: маомаоюй (maomaojuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máomaoyǔr
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ˙ㄇㄠ ㄩˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máomåoyǔr
    • Wade–Giles: mao²-mao⁵-yü³-ʼrh
    • Yale: máu-mau-yǔr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau.mauyeuel
    • Palladius: маомаоюйр (maomaojujr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³ yə̯ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máomáoyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máomáoyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: mao²-mao²-yü³
    • Yale: máu-máu-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maumauyeu
    • Palladius: маомаоюй (maomaojuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ mou⁴ jyu⁵
    • Yale: mòuh mòuh yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ mou⁴ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ mou⁴ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ mou̯²¹ jyː¹³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 毛毛雨

1. drizzle; light rain
2. (figurative) piece of cake; mere trifle
3. (figurative) tip-off

Synonyms

• (drizzle): (Hakka, Min Nan) 雨毛仔; (Hakka) 水毛仔; (Min Nan) 雨霎仔, 雨微仔, 毛毛仔雨

See also

• 細雨／细雨 (xìyǔ)
• 小雨 (xiǎoyǔ)

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