九牛一毛

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
simp. and trad. (九牛一毛)		九	牛	一	毛
Literally: “one hair from nine oxen”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔniúyīmáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄧ ㄇㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² ngau⁴ jat¹ mou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiǔniúyīmáo [Phonetic: jiǔniúyìmáo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄧ ㄇㄠˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeouniouimau
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒunióuyimáo
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ njoʊ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiǔniúyīmáor [Phonetic: jiǔniúyìmáor]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄧ ㄇㄠˊㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeouniouimaul
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒunióuyimáor
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ njoʊ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ maʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² ngau⁴ jat¹ mou⁴
    • Yale: gáu ngàuh yāt mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² ngau⁴ jat⁷ mou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² ngeo⁴ yed¹ mou⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ mou̯²¹/

Idiom

九牛一毛

1. a drop in the ocean