毛髮

Chinese

		hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar	hair
trad. (毛髮)		毛	髮
simp. (毛发)		毛	发

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máofà, máofǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄈㄚˋ, ㄇㄠˊ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ faat³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘-hoat
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mau-faq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máofà
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄈㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máofà
    • Wade–Giles: mao²-fa⁴
    • Yale: máu-fà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maufah
    • Palladius: маофа (maofa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ fä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máofǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máofǎ
    • Wade–Giles: mao²-fa³
    • Yale: máu-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maufaa
    • Palladius: маофа (maofa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ faat³
    • Yale: mòuh faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ faːt̚³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 毛髮 / 毛发 無法 / 无法

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: môo-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mo'hoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² huat̚⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mau-faq
    • MiniDict: mau^去 fah
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mau-faq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mɔ²² faʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

毛髮

1. (literally) head and body hair of a person

   毛髮增生／毛发增生  ―  máofà zēngshēng  ―  hair growth

2. (figuratively) trifling matter