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
(Standard)
(Pinyin): máomaoyǔ, máomáoyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ˙ㄇㄠㄩˇ, ㄇㄠˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄩˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mao² mao^2-1 yu³
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ mou⁴ jyu⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): mau⁴ mau y³
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): mau¹ mau¹ yi³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mau-mau-yu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: máomaoyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ˙ㄇㄠㄩˇ
  - 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 ˙ㄇㄠㄩˇㄦ
  - 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⁾/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: mao² mao^2-1 yu³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: maomaoy
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mau²¹ mau²¹⁻⁵⁵ y⁵³/
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/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: mau⁴ mau y³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mau³⁵ mau² y²¹³/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: mau¹ mau¹ yi³
  - Sinological IPA: /mau⁴⁴ mau⁴⁴⁻³⁵ i³¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶mau-mau-yu
  - MiniDict: mau^去 mau yu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mau-mau-hhy
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mɔ²² mɔ⁵⁵ ɦy²¹/

Noun

毛毛雨

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 毛毛雨 (“drizzle; light rain”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		毛毛雨, 小雨, 細雨
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	毛毛雨, 毛毛兒雨
	Taiwan	毛毛雨
	Chengde	牛毛雨
	Chifeng	毛毛雨, 濛糝雨
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	毛兒毛兒雨
	Heihe	毛毛雨, 牛毛細雨, 牛毛雨
	Qiqihar	毛毛雨, 牛毛雨
	Harbin	毛毛雨, 毛毛雨兒, 毛愣雨兒
	Jiamusi	毛毛雨兒, 牛毛雨
	Baicheng	毛毛雨, 牛毛雨, 濛濛雨
	Changchun	濛濛雨, 牛毛細雨
	Tonghua	毛毛雨
	Shenyang	毛毛雨, 濛濛雨, 牛毛細雨
	Jinzhou	毛毛雨, 牛毛雨, 濛濛雨
	Malaysia	毛毛雨
	Singapore	毛毛雨
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	濛濛雨
	Tangshan	毛毛雨
	Cangzhou	毛毛雨兒, 噴布雨兒
	Baoding	毛毛雨兒
	Shijiazhuang	毛毛雨
	Lijin	濛雨, 濛鬆子小雨
	Jinan	牛毛雨, 牛毛細雨, 毛毛雨, 濛星
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	毛毛雨兒, 霧露毛子
	Dandong	毛毛雨
	Yantai	毛兒毛兒雨
	Qingdao	毛毛雨兒, 小毛毛雨兒
	Zhucheng	毛毛雨, 乾籮細
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	毛毛雨, 羅麵雨, 濛濛雨, 霧星
	Lingbao	毛毛雨, 濛濛雨
	Jining	毛毛雨, 牛毛細雨
	Wanrong	毛雨
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	蠅母尿
	Linfen	毛毛雨, 羅麵小雨兒
	Shangqiu	霧星雨
	Yuanyang	毛毛雨
	Zhengzhou	濛濛雨
	Xinyang	麻紛兒
	Baihe	毛毛兒雨, 濛濛兒雨, 牛毛細雨
	Xi'an	毛毛兒雨, 牛毛細雨
	Baoji	毛毛雨
	Tianshui	毛毛雨
	Xining	毛毛雨兒, 牛毛細雨
	Xuzhou	毛毛雨, 毛毛雨兒, 霧毛雨, 霧毛兒雨, 霧毛雨兒, 霧毛兒, 霧拉毛兒
	Fuyang	毛毛雨, 濛濛雨
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	毛毛雨, 牛毛細細雨
	Lanzhou	毛毛雨
	Dunhuang	毛毛雨
	Hami	毛毛雨
	Ürümqi	毛毛雨
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	毛毛雨
	Nanchong	毛毛雨
	Dazhou	毛毛雨
	Hanyuan	毛毛雨
	Xichang	毛毛雨
	Zigong	毛毛兒雨
	Chongqing	毛毛雨, 麻麻雨, 毛飛飛兒雨
	Wuhan	毛毛雨, 麻噴雨, 麻噴, 麻噴子
	Yichang	毛毛雨, 牛毛雨, 濛濛雨
	Xiangyang	毛毛雨
	Tianmen	麻紛雨
	Guiyang	毛毛雨, 毛雨, 濛濛雨
	Zunyi	毛毛雨
	Liping	毛毛雨
	Zhaotong	濛鬆雨
	Dali	濛鬆雨
	Kunming	毛毛雨, 濛鬆雨
	Mengzi	濛鬆雨
	Guilin	毛毛雨, 濛濛雨
	Liuzhou	毛毛雨, 濛濛雨
	Jishou	毛毛兒雨, 濛濛兒雨
	Changde	毛毛雨
	Hanzhong	毛毛雨, 牛毛雨, 濛濛雨
	Oudomxay	毛毛小雨
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	毛毛雨, 毛雨, 小毛雨
	Yangzhou	濛鬆雨, 毛鬆子
	Lianyungang	毛毛雨, 小霧拉子
	Lianshui	小毛沙子, 小毛雨
	Nantong	毛蝦兒雨
	Anqing	毛毛雨, 濛濛雨
	Wuhu	濛濛雨
	Hefei	毛毛雨
	Hong'an	麻噴子雨, 麻噴子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雨微, 雨微微, 雨微毛
	Hong Kong	毛毛雨, 微微雨, 雨粉, 雨微
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	微雨
	Macau	雨微
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	雨微
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	雨微
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	水微塵
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	雨微仔
	Foshan	雨微
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	毛毛雨
	Foshan (Shunde)	雨微
	Foshan (Sanshui)	蝨乸雨
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	雨微仔
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	雨微微
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	雨微微
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	雨仔尾
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	水塵
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	水仔飛飛
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	雨仔尾
	Taishan	飛水仔, 細水, 水仔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	飛水仔
	Enping (Niujiang)	飛水仔
	Heshan (Yayao)	毛毛雨
	Dongguan	雨微, 雨微粉, 雨微絲, 雨仔微絲
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	微微雨
	Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua)	毛毛雨
	Sarikei (Xinhui)	水仔
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	雨微
Gan	Nanchang	毛毛雨
	Lichuan	狗毛雨
	Pingxiang	毛雨, 細雨
Hakka	Meixian	雨毛, 毛毛雨, 細雨
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	水微仔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	水毛塵
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	濛蝦水
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	水毛
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	微毛細水
	Yudu	眉毛雨子, 細雨子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	雨毛屑仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	細雨毛仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	雨毛
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	雨毛仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	細雨毛仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	水毛仔, 雨毛屑仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	雨毛, 雨毛屑
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	雨微仔, 雨微屑仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	雨浘, 屑屑雨, 雨毛
	Kuching (Hepo)	水毛
	Singkawang	水毛
	Bangkok (Meixian)	落毛毛雨, 雨毛仔
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	落細水
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	水毛飛飛
Huizhou	Jixi	毛毛雨
Huizhou	Shexian	濛濛雨
Jin	Taiyuan	毛毛雨, 羅麵雨, 濛糝糝雨
	Yangyuan	濛沙沙雨, 牛毛細雨
	Datong	濛糝子雨
	Xinzhou	羅麵雨, 濛糝糝兒雨
	Lüliang (Lishi)	濛糝糝雨
	Changzhi	毛毛細雨
	Linhe	毛毛雨, 濛糝糝雨
	Jining	濛糝糝雨
	Hohhot	毛毛雨, 濛糝糝雨
	Erenhot	濛糝糝雨
	Pingshan	毛毛雨
	Zhangjiakou	濛濛雨
	Handan	濛濛雨
	Linzhou	羅麵雨
	Suide	濛濛雨兒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	雨濛
Southern Min	Xiamen	細陣雨, 雨霎仔, 雨毛仔, 霎霎仔雨
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	雨毛仔
	Quanzhou	細陣雨, 雨霎仔, 雨微仔, 霎霎仔雨
	Jinjiang	雨濛仔, 雨霎仔
	Yongchun	雨濛囝
	Zhangzhou	細陣雨, 雨霎仔, 雨微仔, 霎霎仔雨
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	雨綿仔, 毛毛仔雨, 雨霎仔, 雨毛仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	毛毛仔雨
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	毛毛仔雨
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	霎雨綿仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	微微仔雨, 霎雨仔
	Tainan	雨霎仔, 霎霎雨
	Tainan (Anping)	毛毛仔雨, 霎霎仔雨
	Penghu (Xiyu)	雨微, 微微仔雨, 霎霎仔雨
	Singapore (Hokkien)	細陣雨, 雨霎仔, 雨毛仔, 雨微仔
	Chaozhou	雨微
	Shantou	雨微
	Shantou (Chenghai)	雨微
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	雨微
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	雨微
	Jieyang	雨微
	Bangkok (Teochew)	雨微
	Pontianak (Teochew)	雨微
	Haikou	牛毛雨, 細雨, 孧雨
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	雨微囝
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	雨囝微微, 細雨
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	狗毛雨, 細雨
Wu	Shanghai	毛毛雨, 麻花雨 dated, 雨麻花 dated, 埲塵雨
	Shanghai (Chongming)	麻花雨
	Suzhou	毛毛雨, 濛鬆雨, 細雨, 小雨
	Danyang	毛毛雨, 濛濛雨
	Hangzhou	毛毛雨, 濛濛雨
	Hangzhou (Fuyang)	毛毛細雨, 雨毛細細
	Ningbo	毛毛雨
	Jinhua	毛毛雨
Xiang	Changsha	毛雨子, 細雨子, 細雨, 麻噴子, 麻噴子雨
Xiang	Loudi	毛毛雨, 毛雨子, 細雨

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