毛毛
Chinese
| hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar | hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (毛毛) | 毛 | 毛 | |
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
Noun
毛毛
- (colloquial, regional) baby
- (Cantonese, Min Dong) hair; fur (Classifier: 條／条)
Synonyms
- (baby):
Dialectal synonyms of 嬰兒 (“baby; infant”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 嬰 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 嬰兒, 嬰孩 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 嬰孩兒 |
| Taiwan | 嬰兒, 寶寶 | |
| Luoyang | 娃娃 | |
| Wanrong | 胎娃 | |
| Wuhan | 毛頭伢, 毛頭, 毛毛伢, 毛毛, 伢伢 | |
| Chengdu | 奶娃兒, 奶娃子, 奶娃娃 | |
| Guiyang | 嫩娃娃 | |
| Kunming | 小每每, 小咕奶兒 | |
| Xuzhou | 小毛娃兒 | |
| Nanjing | 小毛娃, 毛娃, 小寶寶 | |
| Singapore | 嬰兒 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蘇蝦仔, 蘇蝦, 𤘅孲仔, BB仔, BB, 阿蝦, 臊妹 |
| Hong Kong | 蘇蝦仔, 蘇蝦, 𤘅孲仔, BB仔, BB, B, 蝦仔 | |
| Macau | BB仔 | |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蘇蝦仔 | |
| Taishan | 毛蝦 | |
| Dongguan | 蘇蝦仔, BB, BB仔 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蘇蝦仔, 𤘅孲仔, BB仔, BB | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 蘇蝦 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 毛伢子 |
| Lichuan | 毛伢崽 | |
| Pingxiang | 毛毛仔 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 孲𤘅仔 |
| Xingning | 孲𤘅哩 | |
| Huidong (Daling) | 孲𤘅仔 | |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 孲𤘅子 | |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 嫩仔 | |
| Changting | 孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子 | |
| Wuping | 孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子 | |
| Wuping (Pingyu) | 蝦毛子 | |
| Liancheng | 孲𤘅子 | |
| Yudu | 伢人子, 毛伢子 | |
| Ruijin | 孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子 | |
| Shicheng | 赤伢 | |
| Shangyou (Shexi) | 伢毛子 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 孲𤘅仔 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 孲𤘅仔 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 孲𤘅, 孲𤘅仔 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 孲𤘅 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 孲𤘅仔, 孲𤘅 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 阿佅, 嬰仔 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 細妹 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 小娃娃 |
| Xinzhou | 小娃子 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 𤘅仔 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 兒囝囝 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 嬰仔 |
| Quanzhou | 嬰仔 | |
| Jinjiang | 幼囝 | |
| Yongchun | 嬰囝 | |
| Zhangzhou | 嬰仔, 嬰哥, 紅嬰仔, 紅嬰 | |
| Taipei | 嬰仔 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 紅嬰 | |
| Kaohsiung | 紅嬰仔 | |
| Yilan | 紅嬰仔 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 紅嬰仔 | |
| Taichung | 紅嬰仔 | |
| Tainan | 紅嬰仔 | |
| Hsinchu | 紅嬰仔 | |
| Kinmen | 嬰仔 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 嬰仔, 尾咪, 細囝 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 嬰仔 | |
| Guilin (Biyange) | 毛毛崽 | |
| Shantou | 孥囝 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | anak | |
| Leizhou | 儂 | |
| Haikou | 囝, 儂 intimate | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 娃娃 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 小毛頭, 小小囡, 毛毛頭 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 小小囡 | |
| Suzhou | 小毛頭, 毛毛頭, 血泡泡 | |
| Danyang | 小毛毛, 毛毛 | |
| Hangzhou | 小毛頭兒, 小毛頭, 毛頭兒, 毛毛頭 | |
| Ningbo | 奶花, 小毛頭, 毛頭奶花, 孲𤘅, 抱手 | |
| Wenzhou | 娒兒, 娒娒兒 | |
| Jinhua | 王男 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 毛毛, 毛毛它, 毛它 |
| Loudi | 毛毛唧, 毛毛 | |
- (hair): 毛 (máo)
Derived terms
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Adjective
毛毛
- uncomfortable and scared
- 讓人毛毛的／让人毛毛的 ― ràng rén máomáo de ― discomforting
Pronunciation
Noun
毛毛
- (Jin) one jiao note; paper bill worth one jiao