微乎其微

Chinese

		tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite	(interrog. part.)	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it)	tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite
trad. (微乎其微)		微	乎	其	微
simp. #(微乎其微)		微	乎	其	微

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēihūqíwēi, wéihūqíwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄏㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄟ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ fu⁴ kei⁴ mei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēihūqíwēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄏㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weihucíwei
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-hu¹-chʻi²-wei¹
    • Yale: wēi-hū-chí-wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueihuchyiuei
    • Palladius: вэйхуцивэй (vɛjxucivɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéihūqíwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéihucíwéi
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-hu¹-chʻi²-wei²
    • Yale: wéi-hū-chí-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weihuchyiwei
    • Palladius: вэйхуцивэй (vɛjxucivɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴ fu⁴ kei⁴ mei⁴
    • Yale: mèih fùh kèih mèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ fu⁴ kei⁴ mei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ fu⁴ kéi⁴ méi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ fuː²¹ kʰei̯²¹ mei̯²¹/

Idiom

微乎其微

1. very little; next to nothing