九牛一毛

Chinese

		nine	ox; cow; bull	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
simp. and trad. (九牛一毛)		九	牛	一	毛
Literally: “one hair from nine oxen”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǔniúyīmáo

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄇㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² ngau⁴ jat¹ mou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiǔniúyīmáo [Phonetic: jiǔniúyìmáo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄇㄠˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeouniouimau
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒunióuyimáo
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ njoʊ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiǔniúyīmáor [Phonetic: jiǔniúyìmáor]
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄇㄠˊㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeouniouimaul
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒunióuyimáor
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ njoʊ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ maʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau² ngau⁴ jat¹ mou⁴
  - Yale: gáu ngàuh yāt mòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau² ngau⁴ jat⁷ mou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo² ngeo⁴ yed¹ mou⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ mou̯²¹/

Idiom

九牛一毛

a drop in the ocean

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