毫髮

Chinese

		hair; drawing brush; (in the) least hair; drawing brush; (in the) least; one thousandth	hair
trad. (毫髮)		毫	髮
simp. (毫发)		毫	发

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): háofà, háofǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˊ ㄈㄚˋ, ㄏㄠˊ ㄈㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁴ faat³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hô-hoat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: háofà
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˊ ㄈㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: háofà
  - Wade–Giles: hao²-fa⁴
  - Yale: háu-fà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haurfah
  - Palladius: хаофа (xaofa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯³⁵ fä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: háofǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˊ ㄈㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: háofǎ
  - Wade–Giles: hao²-fa³
  - Yale: háu-fǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haurfaa
  - Palladius: хаофа (xaofa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    毫法
    毫髮 / 毫发
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou⁴ faat³
  - Yale: hòuh faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁴ faat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou⁴ fad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯²¹ faːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-hoat
  - Tâi-lô: hô-huat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'hoad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² huat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ huat̚³²/

Noun

毫髮

(literary, figurative, chiefly in negative sentences) the least bit; the slightest

Derived terms

毫髮不爽 / 毫发不爽