鴻毛

See also: 鸿毛

Chinese

		{{vern|eastern bean goose}}; great; large	hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
trad. (鴻毛)		鴻	毛
simp. (鸿毛)		鸿	毛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngmáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ mou⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hông-mô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngmáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngmáo
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-mao²
    • Yale: húng-máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngmau
    • Palladius: хунмао (xunmao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 紅毛 / 红毛 鴻毛 / 鸿毛

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ mou⁴
    • Yale: hùhng mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ mou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ mou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ mou̯²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 紅毛 / 红毛 鴻毛 / 鸿毛

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-mô͘
    • Tâi-lô: hông-môo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongmoo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² mɔ̃¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² mɔ̃²⁴/

Noun

鴻毛

1. (literary) a wild goose feather
2. (literary, figurative) something very light or insignificant

Derived terms

• 泰山鴻毛 / 泰山鸿毛
• 輕於鴻毛 / 轻于鸿毛 (qīngyúhóngmáo)
• 重於泰山、輕於鴻毛 / 重于泰山、轻于鸿毛
• 鴻毛泰山 / 鸿毛泰山
• 鴻毛泰岱 / 鸿毛泰岱

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
鴻	毛

Noun

鴻毛

1. chữ Hán form of hồng mao.
   1. (literal, archaic, poetic, collective) bean goose feathers
   2. (mythology) one of the nine groups of hair of the mane of the horse that Sơn Tinh offered the reigning Hùng king to propose to his princess