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

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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    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:
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    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

(literary) a wild goose feather
(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

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